Arachnaion (mountain)

natural · 550 BC – 2100 AD

A mountain of the Argolid with a higher western peak (Profitis Ilias, 1199 masl) and a lower eastern peak (Mavrovouni or Arna, 1139 masl). Material from the Mycenaean, Archaic, and Classical periods has been found on the western peak and identified with altars of Zeus and Hera described by Pausanias. Aeschylus mentions its use as a signal station.

Coordinates

37.66895, 22.98384

Also known as

Arachnaion (en), Arachnaion (grc), Arachnaion M., Arachneo (el), Profitis Ilias, Prophitis Ilias, Profetes Elias, Prophetes Elias (el), Αραχναίο (el), Προφήτης Ηλίας (el), Ἀραχναῖον (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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