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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)

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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 western country is more open, with isolated mountain-groups and winding valleys, where the Alpheus with its tributaries the Ladon and Erymanthus drains off in a complex river-system the overflow from all Arcadia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

Erymanthus is a range of mountains separating Arcadia from Achaia and Elis.

From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John

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

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

Aphidnus next, and Erymanthus dies, And Meropes, and the gigantic size Of Bitias, threat'ning with his ardent eyes.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil