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Cyllene

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Cyllene

Mountain in the northeast Peloponnese of Greece; height 2,376 m/7,795 ft. Cyllene is the highest mountain in the Peloponnese. In ancient Greece it lay on the borders of Arcadia and Achaea, and was held sacred to the god Hermes, who was said to have been born on its summit.



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`In the mountains of Cyllene she (Maia) bare Hermes, the herald of the gods.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
Then Mercury of Cyllene summoned the ghosts of the suitors, and in his hand he held the fair golden wand with which he seals men's eyes in sleep or wakes them just as he pleases; with this he roused the ghosts and led them, while they followed whining and gibbering behind him.
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And those that held Arcadia, under the high mountain of Cyllene, near the tomb of Aepytus, where the people fight hand to hand; the men of Pheneus also, and Orchomenus rich in flocks; of Rhipae, Stratie, and bleak Enispe; of Tegea and fair Mantinea; of Stymphelus and Parrhasia; of these King Agapenor son of Ancaeus was commander, and they had sixty ships.
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