Mount Erymanthos

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Erymanthos or Erimanthos
Ερύμανθος
Elevation 2,224 metres (7,300 ft)
Location westcentral Achaia, 40 km south of Patras
Range Erymanthos
Prominence 30 km, north to south
approx. 10 to 15 km from east to west
Coordinates 37.8908 or 37° 56' 37" N
21.786 or 21° 47' 12" W
Easiest route climb
Pronunciation [E•ry•manth•os]

Mount Erymanthos (Greek: Ερύμανθος, Latin and older form: Erymanthus) is a densely mountain range south of Patras in the middle of the Achaia prefecture. The mountains is also called Olonos (Ωλονός). Historically it was in northwestern Arcadia and was the second tallest in the historic Arcadia, the northern portion belonged to the historic Achaea. It is the fourth tallest mountain in the Peloponnese peninsula with an elevation of 2,224 m and is named Olenos or Olonos. The summit is located by the prefectural boundary of the Ilia. In the south, the Achaia-Ilia prefectural boundary is situated and lasts for about 25 to 30 km.

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[edit] Places located by the mountain

[edit] Places in the mountain

  • Skiada, southwest
  • Oreini, southwest

[edit] Surrounding the mountain

Erymanthos is surrounded by Mount Skollis to the west and in the middle a valley filled with farmlands, Panachaiko and Omplos to the north along with other, several smaller mountains to the east and further east Chelmos which can be seen and more to the south. Its rock colour is brown, butterscotch and tan and several dry streams can be seen at the mountaintop.

[edit] About the mountain

The mountain are heavily forested around its edges and its elevation ranges from 150 m to the north up to 800 to 1,000 m except for the south and are filled with pine, olives, cedars, birches? and spruce trees. Barren land and grasslands varies from 1,000 m up to 1,600 m and unvegetated portions up to the summit, it is also forested on the other side. Faultlines are rarely located on the mountain. Other mountain ranges connected or included includes Kallifoni and Lampeia (Divri) to the southwest. Other mountaintops includes Moungila or Mougila (Μουγγίλα) at 2,169 m, Profitis Ilias (Προφήτης Ηλίας) at 2,124 m, Pyrgakos or Pirgakos (Πυργάκος) at 2,050 m, one at 1,923 m, I Psili Tourla at 1,891 m, Lepida (Λεπίδα) at (1,541) m, Melissovouni (Μελισσοβούνι meaning the mountain of bees) at 1,461 m and Agios Athanasios (Άγιος Αθανάσιος) at 1,219 m. From the mountain is the source of Pineios to the southwest, Selinous to the east, Erymanthos to the south, Peiros and Parapeiros to the southeast. It is also part of the Oleni-Pindos geological zone.

[edit] Panorama

At the middle elevations, it offer a views of mount Scollis, the valley and Panachaiko, at the summit area, it offers a view of nearly a half to 60% of the prefecture and extends northeast to Aigio and Kalavryta, the Marathia Mountains are seen to the northeast and during clearer days, it offers views of southern historic Central Greece especially the Fokida and parts of Viotia prefectures. To the north and northeast is the Aetolia-Acarnania prefecture to the north along with mount Arakynthos, to the west, it offers views of the northwesternmost Ilia, and the mountains of the islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Ithaca. It also offer views of northern Arcadia and the hills of eastern Ilia, the northeastern part of the prefecture is blocked by Skollis. The panorama changes, it views like a panorama in the northern portion and to the northeast direct.

[edit] History

In ancient times, it was famous for its Erymanthian Boar. In Greek mythology, the king of Arcadia Lycaon had a boar which was named Erymanthus and that received its name to the mountain. In the mountains, Heracles (Hercules) killed the Erymanthian boar which became the whip of the area. Erymanthos thinks and as a ruler of Psofida, ancient economic city in Arcadia now in the Achaia prefecture.

Between the Byzantine and the Greek War of Independence, villages were founded and roads were created, several included Skiada and Oreino, mountain trails were added. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, most of its villages were rebuilt. Erymanthos was strucked by several earthquakes (see Earthquakes in Greece) including ones that were not epicentered in 1993. On February 5, 2008, the mountain was shooken by two earthquakes measuring at 5.5 on the Richter scale. Its epicentere was centred in Chalandritsa, the other in Farres outside the ranges.

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This article incorporates texts from the Greek language online encyclopedia livepedia.gr which is published under the GFDL.

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Coordinates: 37°21′46″N, 21°59′39″E

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