- The Taygetus, Taugetus,
Taygetos or Taÿgetus (Gr****: Ταΰγετος, romanized:
Taygetos) is a
mountain range on the
Peloponnese peninsula in
Southern Greece...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
childhood on the
island of
Kephalonia following a
traumatic incident at
Mount Taygetos, and as an
adult becomes a
legendary mercenary known as the "Eagle Bearer"...
- "Mistress of the animals", with its
likely roots in prehistory.
Mount Taygetos in Laconia,
dedicated to the goddess, was her haunt. The
Taygetus mountain...
- years. It is
thought that he
committed suicide in 1998 on the
mountains of
Taygetos. His last
university lecture was
delivered on 27 May 1998. In his letter...
- with
Laconia and
Messenia ran
through the
foothills of the
Parnon and
Taygetos mountain ranges, such that
Arcadia contained all the
headwaters of the...
