- The Taygetus, Taugetus,
Taygetos or Taÿgetus (Gr****: Ταΰγετος, romanized:
Taygetos) is a
mountain range on the
Peloponnese peninsula in
Southern Greece...
- the
immediate area
around the town of Sparta, the
plateau east of the
Taygetos mountains, and
sometimes to all the
regions under direct Spartan control...
- up into the
Taygetos range, and then
north along the
Taygetos ridge. The
northern border with
Arcadia ran
amongst the
foothills of
Taygetos and Parnon...
- west the
Messenian Gulf. The Mani
peninsula forms a
continuation of the
Taygetos mountain range, the
western spine of the Peloponnese.
There are many theories...
-
Electra Mt. Saon,
Samothrace mother of Dard**** and
Iasion by Zeus •
Taygete Taygetos Mts.,
Laconia mother of
Lacedaemon by Zeus •
Alcyone Mt. Cithaeron, Boeotia...
- cult of
Demeter in Hermione. Lakonia:
Temple of
Demeter Eleusinia near
Taygetos. The
feast was
named Eleuhinia, and the name was
given before the relation...
-
UNESCO World Heritage List in 1989.
Mystras is
situated on the
slopes of
Taygetos Mountain. The
archaeological site
stands above the
modern village of Mystras...
-
Apollo Delphinios (literally
derived from Delphi). Dereatis, at
Sparta near
Taygetos.
Dancers were
performing the
obscene dance "kallabis". Diktynna, from Mount...
- "Mistress of the animals", with its
likely roots in prehistory.
Mount Taygetos in Laconia,
dedicated to the goddess, was her haunt. The
Taygetus mountain...
-
capital of the
prefecture of Lakonia, lies on the
eastern foothills of
Mount Taygetos in the
Evrotas River valley. The city has been
built upon the site of ancient...
