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Pelion
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Pelion (pē`lēən), Gr. Pílion, mountain, 5,252 ft (1,601 m) high, N Greece, E Thessaly, on the Aegean coast. In ancient legend, the centaur Chiron Chiron , in Greek mythology, centaur, son of Kronos. He was a renowned sage, physician, and prophet. Among his pupils were Hercules, Achilles, Jason, and Asclepius.
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 lived on the mountain and the Aloadae Aloadae or Aloidae , in Greek mythology, two giants who warred against the Olympian gods. Their names were

Otus and

Ephialtes, and they were sons of Aloeus' wife by Poseidon.
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 piled Pelion on Mt. Óssa.
Pelion
a mountain in NE Greece, in E Thessaly. In Greek mythology it was the home of the centaurs. Height: 1548 m (5079 ft.)


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Well, some drive to The Pelion - or Pilio - north of Athens, about halfway up the Greek mainland.
 
 
 
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