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Taygetus
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(Tau-ye ros or T a67Erov, mod. St Elias or Pentedaktylon), the highest mountain ridge in the Peloponnese, separating Laconia from Messenia. Height 7900 ft. The highest point is H. Elias; here horses are said to have been sacrificed to Helios.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Taygetus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/taygetus.html. 1910.