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Erymanthus

American  
[er-uh-man-thuhs] / ˌɛr əˈmæn θəs /
Or Erimanthus,

noun

  1. a mountain in S Greece, in the NW Peloponnesus. 7,295 feet (2,225 meters).


Erymanthus British  
/ ˌɛrɪˈmænθəs /

noun

  1. Modern Greek name: Erímanthos.  a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The fourth labor was to capture a great boar which had its lair on Mount Erymanthus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The other seems like a mythological vision, a nymph from the banks of Erymanthus.

From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack

Bear me to Dictaeus, and to the steep slopes; to the river Erymanthus.

From Sea Garden by H. D. (Hilda Doolittle)

The same success crowned his fourth labor, the capture of the wild boar of Erymanthus in Arcadia.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

Then Alpheus bold, On his glacier cold, With his trident the mountains strook, And opened a chasm In the rocks;—with the spasm All Erymanthus shook.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

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