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).

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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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Erymanthus

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

He captured the savage wild boar of Mount Erymanthus, in Arcadia, and brought it bound to Eurys´theus.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann

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

He was known as the boar of Erymanthus.

From Heroes Every Child Should Know by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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