Mount Parnon
Mount Parnon is part of a mountain range in the Peloponnese region. The earliest evidence of humans in this range suggests the Neolithic period. These people, the Acheans (the Mycenenians) settled in the Argives, and lived in Argolis. Through cultural dispersion their influence spread to the entire region by ca.1600 A.D. They introduced an era of fortification due to the fierce battles that ensued between Argos and Sparta. Ruins of towers and fortresses can still be seen today, stone guardians of ancient times. It is unclear if there are any archaeological sites that garnered the type of attention of Troy, but it is an important part of Spartan history, as a borderland and as the dwelling place of Gods and Goddesses . Pausanius, in his 'Description of Greece', describes Mount Parnon as the having many stone figures of Hermes,the Olympian God of herds, trades, heralds and athletes. The forests of Parnon were thought to be the hunting grounds of Atalanta,a virgin huntress of Greek mythology, dedicated to the Goddess Artemis. A limestone range, the mountain is filled with caves and has the honor of boasting the fifth deepest cave in Greece, of a depth or -543 meters. It also is home to the Vertical cave, Propantes, known as deepest daylight shaft in Greece. As the largest mountain range in the Peloponnese, it separates the Laconian Plain from the Argolic Gulf and ends in the southwestern area of Cape Malea.
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