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PELION , a wooded See also:mountain in See also:Thessaly in the See also:district of See also:Magnesia, between See also:Volo and the See also:east See also:coast . Its highest point (mod . Plessidi) is 5340 ft . It is famous in See also:Greek See also:mythology; the giants are said to have piled it on See also:Ossa in See also:order to See also:scale See also:Olympus, the See also:abode of the gods; it was the See also:home of the See also:centaurs, especially of See also:Chiron, who had a See also:cave near its See also:summit, and educated many youthful heroes; the See also:ship " Argo " was built from its See also:pine-See also:woods . On its summit was an See also:altar of See also:Zeus Actaeus, in whose See also:honour an See also:annual festival was held in the See also:dog-days, and worshippers clad themselves in skins . |
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