Klokova ( el, Κλόκοβα, also known as ''Paliovouna'' (Παλιοβούνα)) is a mountain in the southeast of
Aetolia-Acarnania, in western
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. In classical antiquity, the mountain was known as ''Taphiassus'' (Ταφιασσός).
[ Its highest point is 1,039 m.][
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Geography
The mountain is located nearly 6 km west of Antirrio and sits on the northeast shore of the Gulf of Patras. A nearby mountain range is Arakynthos
Arakynthos (Greek: Αράκυνθος) is a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Agrinio
Agrinio ( Greek: Αγρίνιο, , Latin: ''Agrinium'') is t ...
to the northwest, separated from Klokova by the river Evinos
The Evinos ( el, Εύηνος) is a river in western Greece, flowing into the Gulf of Patras. Its source is in the northern Vardousia mountains, near the village Artotina, Phocis. The river flows in a generally southwestern direction, for most o ...
.
The National Road 5 runs along the southern foot of the mountain. This was once used for main traffic between Antirrio and Messolonghi as well as Ioannina, the traffic now carried by the Ionia Odos
The Greek Motorway 5 ( el, Αυτοκινητόδρομος 5; code: A5) is a motorway in Greece. The motorway, commonly referred to as Ionia Odos ( el, Ιόνια Οδός) or Ionia Motorway, starts at Ioannina and it follows the western coastlin ...
(part of the E55) running in the southern portion underneath with the Klokova Tunnel
The Klokova Tunnel ( el, Σήραγγα Κλόκοβας) is a tunnel on the Ionia Motorway, western Greece. It is built in order for the new motorway to bypass the Klokova mountain, which, until recently, was traversed by the narrow Greek Nation ...
, which is 2.8 km long and was opened to traffic on 12 April 2017.Ionia Odos: the section Klokova - Kefalovryso is opened on Holy Wednesday
Mythology
According to Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical co ...
, Nessus and other centaurs were buried on the hill of Taphiassus.Hercules
Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
The Romans adapted the Gr ...
to kill him. The decomposition of their bodies made water flowing at the foot of the hill to be ""bleak and with blood clots...".
References
External links
Climbing Paliovouna
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Mountains of Greece
Landforms of Aetolia-Acarnania
Nafpaktia