Pelion

Pelio (n) ( Greek Πήλιο ) is a mountain in the southeast of Thessaly , between Lake Bebei, Pagasitikos Bay of the Aegean Sea and the Aegean Sea. On this mountain and in its environs many events of Greek myths unfold:

• centaurs live on the mountain, including the wise Chiron .
• south of the mountain, the legendary Iolk , the center of myths about Jason , Pelia , Peleus (their divine wedding with Thetis coped there).
• the beautiful Cyrena lived here until Apollo fell in love and took her from Pelion in a golden chariot drawn by swans to Libya ^[1] (option: kidnapped when she hunted on a mountain).

Pelion
Greek Πήλιο
Satellite image of the mountain and the Pelion Peninsula
Highest point
Absolute height	1651 m
Relative height
Location
A country	Greece
Periphery	Thessaly
Peripheral unit	Magnesia
Pelion
Pelion

The height of the mountain was measured in antiquity by Dykearch , a student of Aristotle . According to Dikearh, it was equal to 1250 steps (according to modern data - 1651 meters).