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THORNAX

THORNAX (Θόρναξ)

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A mountain near the city of Hermione in Argolis, between which and Mt Pron the road ran from Hermione to Halice. It was subsequently called Coccygium, because Zeus was said to have been here transformed into a cuckoo; and on its summit was a temple of Zeus Coccygius. (Paus. 2.36.1, 2; Leake, Peloponnesiaca, p. 288; Curtius, Peloponnesos, vol. ii. p. 463.)

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A mountain in Laconia, on the road from Sparta to Sellasia, upon which stood a colossal statue of Apollo Pythaeus. (Hdt. 1.69; Paus. 3.10.8; Steph. B. sub voce Leake, Morea, vol. ii. p. 534, Peloponnesiaca, pp. 348, 352; Boblaye, Rech. p. 75; Ross, Peloponnes, p. 190; Curtius, Peloponnesos, vol. ii. pp. 237, 259.)

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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