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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 68 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PELION , a wooded See also:

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain in See also:

THESSALY

Thessaly in the See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

MAGNESIA

Magnesia, between See also:

VOLO

Volo and the See also:

east See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast. Its highest point (mod. Plessidi) is 5340 ft. It is famous in See also:

Greek See also:

MYTHOLOGY

mythology; the giants are said to have piled it on See also:

OSSA (mod. Kissovo or Kissavo)

Ossa in See also:

order to See also:

scale See also:

OLYMPUS

Olympus, the See also:

ABODE (from " abide," to dwell, properly " to wait for ," to bide)

abode of the gods; it was the See also:

home of the See also:

CENTAURS

centaurs, especially of See also:

CHIRON, or CHEIRON

Chiron, who had a See also:

cave near its See also:

SUMMIT

summit, and educated many youthful heroes; the See also:

SHIP

ship " Argo " was built from its See also:

PINE (Lat. Pinus, Gr. srlrur)

pine-See also:

woods. On its summit was an See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar of See also:

ZEUS

Zeus Actaeus, in whose See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour an See also:

ANNUAL

annual festival was held in the See also:

DOG

dog-days, and worshippers clad themselves in skins.

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