Mountains of Greece (mythological)

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collection of mythological locations mythological concept

The mythological Mountains of Greece are the legendary peaks and ranges that serve as settings and abodes for various Greek deities, nymphs, and heroes in ancient Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mountains of Greece (mythological) canonical 2
Mount Athos associated with the giant Athos in the Gigantomachy 1
Mount Cithaeron associated with Dionysian rites and Theban legends 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf collection of mythological locations ⓘ
mythological concept ⓘ
appearsIn Greek hymns and cult narratives ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ
Works of Hesiod ⓘ
surface form: Hesiodic poetry

Homeric epics ⓘ
associatedWith Greek mythology ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalRole sacred geography of the Greek world ⓘ
symbolic boundary between mortal and divine realms ⓘ
describedAs legendary peaks and ranges that serve as settings and abodes for deities, nymphs, and heroes ⓘ
hasPrimaryFunction abode of gods ⓘ
abode of heroes ⓘ
abode of nymphs ⓘ
setting for divine councils ⓘ
setting for heroic exploits ⓘ
site of cult worship ⓘ
includes Mount Arachnaeus (mythological) ⓘ
Mount Athos ⓘ
surface form: Mount Athos (mythological)

Mount Cithaeron ⓘ
surface form: Mount Cithaeron (mythological)

Erymanthos Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Mount Erymanthos (mythological)

Mount Helicon ⓘ
surface form: Mount Helicon (mythological)

Mount Hymettus ⓘ
surface form: Mount Hymettus (mythological)

Mount Ida (Crete) ⓘ
surface form: Mount Ida in Crete (mythological)

Mount Ida (through Dardanus traditions) ⓘ
surface form: Mount Ida in the Troad (mythological)

Mount Lykaion ⓘ
surface form: Mount Lycaeus (mythological)

Mount Oeta ⓘ
surface form: Mount Oeta (mythological)

Mount Olympus ⓘ
surface form: Mount Olympus (mythological)

Mount Othrys ⓘ
surface form: Mount Othrys (mythological)

Mount Pangaion ⓘ
surface form: Mount Pangaion (mythological)

Mount Parnassus ⓘ
surface form: Mount Parnassus (mythological)

Mount Parnitha (mythological) ⓘ
Mount Pelion ⓘ
surface form: Mount Pelion (mythological)

Mount Pentelicus ⓘ
surface form: Mount Pentelicus (mythological)

Mount Taygetus ⓘ
surface form: Mount Taygetus (mythological)

Mount Tmolus (mythological) ⓘ
notableExample Cretan Mount Ida as the place where Zeus was hidden and raised ⓘ
Mountains of Greece (mythological) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mount Athos associated with the giant Athos in the Gigantomachy

Mountains of Greece (mythological) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mount Cithaeron associated with Dionysian rites and Theban legends

Mount Helicon as another home of the Muses ⓘ
Mount Oeta as the site of Heracles’ apotheosis ⓘ
Mount Olympus as the seat of the Olympian gods ⓘ
Mount Othrys as stronghold of the Titans ⓘ
Mount Parnassus as the home of Apollo and the Muses ⓘ
Mount Pelion as home of the centaurs and Chiron ⓘ
Mount Taygetus associated with Spartan myths ⓘ
Troadic Mount Ida as a vantage point for gods during the Trojan War ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sterope → residence → Mountains of Greece (mythological) ⓘ
Mountains of Greece (mythological) → notableExample → Mountains of Greece (mythological) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Cithaeron associated with Dionysian rites and Theban legends
Mountains of Greece (mythological) → notableExample → Mountains of Greece (mythological) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mount Athos associated with the giant Athos in the Gigantomachy
Asterope → residence → Mountains of Greece (mythological) ⓘ