Delos or Delos Mountain was the ancient name of a mountain located in

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its lar ...

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, above the city of

Tegyra Tegyra ( grc, Τεγύρα or Τέγυρα), also: Tegyrae ( grc, Τεγύραι, Tegyrai) was a town of ancient Boeotia, the site of an oracle and temple of Apollo, who was even said to have been born there. It was the site of the Battle of Tegyra ...

. The mountain was sacred to

Apollo Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...

, to whom temples on its slopes were dedicated.

References

Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Delos"
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