Mount Kyllini or Mount Cyllene (Greek: Κυλλήνη, Kyllíni; sometimes in modern times Ζήρια, Zíria), is a mountain on the Peloponnesus peninsula in Greece. It rises to 2374 m (7789 ft) above sea level, making it the second-highest on the peninsula. It is located near the border between the historic regions of Arcadia and Achaea—in the northeast of Arcadia, and entirely within modern Corinthia. It is located west of Corinth, northwest of Stymfalia, north of Tripoli, and south of Derveni. A topographical summit is a point on a surface which is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Corinthia (Greek: Κορινθία, Korinthía) is the area around the city of Corinth. ... Distance is a numerical description of how far apart things lie. ... Southern and northern Mount Everest climbing routes as seen from the International Space Station. ... A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... Achaea (Greek: , Achaïa; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece, on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the... Corinthia (Greek: Κορινθία, Korinthía) is the area around the city of Corinth. ... Stymfalia (Στυμφαλία) is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. ... Tripoli (Greek, Modern: Τρίπολη, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s; see also List of traditional Greek place names), older form and Latin: Tripolis, rarely Tripolitsa, Tripolitza and Tripolizza is a city in the central part of the Peloponnesos, Greece, and the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the province of Mantineia which is... Derveni (Greek, Modern: Δερβένι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older spellings, Dervenio, Dervenion is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of Corinthia. ...

In Greek mythology, Hermes was born in a sacred cave on the mountain, and so Cyllenius is a frequent epithet of his. The Homeric Hymn Hymn to Pan recalled that "Hermes ... came to Arkadia ... there where his sacred place is as god of Kyllene. For there, though a god, he used to tend curly-fleeced sheep." In ancient times there was a temple and statue dedicated to him on the mountain's summit. The Oricoli bust of Zeus, King of the Gods, in the collection of the Vatican Museum. ... Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles Hermes (Greek IPA: ), in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and commerce in general... An epithet (Greek - επιθετον and Latin - epitheton; literally meaning imposed) is a descriptive word or phrase. ... The anonymous Homeric Hymns are a collection of ancient Greek hymns. ...

Hyginus records that it was on Cyllene that the seer Tiresias changed sex when he struck two copulating snakes. Hyginus can refer to: Gaius Julius Hyginus (c. ... In Greek mythology, Tiresias (also transliterated as Teiresias) was a blind prophet famous for changing his sex, the son of the shepherd Everes and the nymph Chariclo. ...

Much of the mountain is barren and rocky, although the area below 2000 m (6500 ft) is largely forested. There is an observatory at 908 m (2979 ft), at 22.67 east longitude and 37.97 north latitude. MolÄ—tai Astronomical Observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. ...

From the top a large portion of northeastern Peloponnesus is visible, including the eastern part of Achaia and Chelmos, the Gulf of Corinth and most of Corinthia, the southern part of Corinthia and parts of northeastern Arcadia. The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. ...

The nearest mountain ranges are Oligyrtos to the south and Chelmos/Aroania to the west. Roads pass near the southern and western slopes, but there are not many on the mountain itself, as much of the mountain is part of a park. Aroania, also and commonly Chelmos, Helmos and Khelmos (Greek Αροάνεια, also Aroaneia, also Χελμός), is a mountain range that spans about 15 to 20 from north to south (north-east of Lykouria and about 10 km SW of Diakopto) and about 5 to 10 km from west to directly east of Kalavryta...

The municipal boundary between of Stymfalia - Feneos - Evrostini and Xylokastro passes through the mountain. Stymfalia (Στυμφαλία) is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. ...

Cyllene or Kyllene herself was a mountain nymph (an oread) who had taken for her consort Pelasges in the most ancient times that Greek mythographers could recall. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... In Greek mythology, Oreads (ὄρος, mountain) were a type of nymph that lived in mountains. ...

There was a port in Elis in Antiquity named Cyllene near the mouth of the Alfeios River, where the traveller Pausanias noted the image of Hermes, "most devoutly worshipped by the inhabitants, is merely the male member upright on the pedestal." Several nearby modern places are also named Kyllini. Elis, or Eleia (Greek, Modern: Ήλιδα Ilida, Ancient/Katharevousa: Ήλις, also Ilis, Doric: Άλις) is an ancient district within the modern prefecture of Ilia. ... The Alfeiós (Greek: Αλφειός, also Alfiós) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. ... Pausanias (Greek: ) was a Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A.D., who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. ... There are several places on the Peloponnesus peninsula in Greece named Kyllíni (classically transliterated as Cyllene or Kyllênê): Mount Kyllini (Cyllene), the mythological birthplace of Hermes (also called Mount Ziria). ...

Nearest places

• Feneos
• Kastania (1,000 m)
• Kessari, southeast
• Goura, southwest

Feneos (Φενεός) is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. ...

External links

• Mapquest - Kyllini
• http://www.pbase.com/dead_poet/ziria
• http://www.gianniskofinas.com/Vouna/ziria/z.htm
• http://www.loizosgroup.com/Greek/M35K.htm
• http://www.mountains.gr/geographia/ziria.html
• http://www.oreivatein.com/page/mountains/q_z/ziria/ziria_f.htm
• http://victorian.fortunecity.com/degas/455/ziria.htm

Cyllene is the name given to an Indo-Pacific genus of snails (Gastropoda). In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ... The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. ... Subclasses Eogastropoda (True Limpets and relatives) Orthogastropoda The gastropods, gasteropods, or univalves, are the largest and most successful class of mollusks, with 60,000-75,000 known living species comprising the snails and slugs as well as a vast number of marine and freshwater species. ...