Mount Tmolus
Mount Tmolus(Ancient Greek:Τμῶλος, modernBozdağ;highest point: 2,157 m), named after Tmolus, King of Lydia, is in "a mountain range on the south ofSardis,forming the watershed between the basins of theHermusin the north and theCaysterin the south, and being connected in the east with Mount Messogis. "[1]It is situated inLydiain western Turkey with the ancientLydiancapitalSardisat its foot andHypaepaon its southern slope. The mountain was "celebrated for its excellent wine-growing slopes. It was equally rich in metals; and the riverPactolus,which had its source in Mount Tmolus, at one time carried from its interior a rich supply of gold. "[1]The geography of Tmolus and the contest between Pan and Apollo, associated with the mythicalTmolus, son of Ares,are mentioned inOvid'sMetamorphoses,11.168.
References
[edit]- ^abSmith, William,ed. (1857).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.London: Walton And Maberly, Upper Gower Street, and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. p. 1214. ark:/13960/t2m61gk94.