Kynortion
| Kynortion (Κυνόρτιον) | ||
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 View from the north of the Kynortion |
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| height | 686 m (Charani peak) | |
| location | Argolis Regional Unit , Peloponnese | |
| Coordinates | 37 ° 34 '56 " N , 23 ° 4' 44" E | |
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Kynortion ( Greek Κυνόρτιον = Hundsberg ) is the ancient name of a mountain in the Greek regional district of Argolis . It is located about 4 km southeast of Lygourio . On the south side of the mountain is the place Adami . Today the mountain is named after the church, which is dedicated to the biblical prophet Elijah , and on the middle peak (672 m) stands Profitis Ilias ( Greek Προφήτης Ηλίας ). But the ancient name is still used today.
The sanctuary of Apollon Maleatas lies on its northeastern slope . Some researchers suspect that the saddle on which the sanctuary was located was the actual cynortion. Below this is the archaeological site of Epidaurus with the famous theater. The sanctuary of the god Asclepius was located in Epidaurus . The name of the Kynortion is linked to the epidauric version of the Asclepius myth. When Asklepios was abandoned on Mount Titthion ( Greek Τίτθιον = mother's breast, wet nurse) after his birth , he is said to have been fed with milk by a goat and protected by a herding dog .
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- ↑ Lisa Peloschek: Dealing with the past in Peloponnesian sanctuaries in the 1st millennium BC Design of sanctuaries, world of images, Kultpraxis , Vienna 2012, p. 38
- ↑ Florian Steger (ed.): Culture, a network of meanings: Analyzes of symbolic cultural anthropology , ISBN 978-3826021343 , Würzburg 2002, p. 141
- ^ Pausanias : Travels in Greece, 2, 27, 7.