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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 621 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PINDUS , the

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ancient name of the rugged

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GROUP

group of mountains which separates

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THESSALY

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EPIRUS, or EPEIRUS

Epirus, and branches

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south in various directions . The

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GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical name is sometimes extended over all these branches, and so reaches from

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AETOLIA

Aetolia to the Gulf of

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LAMIA

Lamia . The

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NORTHERN

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PART

part of the

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ridge was known as Lacmon . There is no

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MODERN

modern name covering the whole range, but its different parts have

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SEPARATE

separate names . Several of them attain a height of 7000 ft. or more .

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