Mount Taygetus is a range in the Peloponnese region. At it's highest peak it is 7887 feet high. It's name comes from the Mythological nymph Taygete. Also known as the 'Profitis Ilias', or Prophet Elias. Taygetus forms a natural border between Corinth and mainland Greece and overlooks such cities as Sparta and Kalamata. It lies within the provinces of Laconia, Messenia and Arcadia. Taygetus has been occupied at least since Mycenaean times(c.1600-1100 B.C.) There are at least three distinctive tombs in Arkina but much remains to be discovered, and provenance is sketchy. For Sparta, Taygetus was a natural fortification and border. It was also a place of judgement. Criminals and undesirables were flung into the gorge. Infants born with defects, weaknesses, or even birthmarks that were deemed suspect, were exposed upon the mountains slopes. Those that were not saved, died through exposure to the elements, or through the depredations of wild beasts.
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