Mount Tanagra

Mount Tanagra is a mountain in Greece.[1]

Mount Tanagra was known as Mount Cerycius in Ancient Greece. According to Pausanias, it was associated with the Greek hero Orion and was identified as the location of his tomb.[2] It has also been mentioned in ancient texts as the birthplace of Hermes.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Tanagra Mountain". GeoNames. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  2. ^ Pausanias (1918). Description of Greece. Translated by W.H.S. Jones. Harvard University Press. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  3. ^ John Antony Cramer (1828). A geographical and historical description of ancient Greece, Vol 2. Clarendon Press. p. 272.
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