Mount Ossa ( el, Όσσα), alternatively Kissavos (Κίσσαβος), is a
mountain
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in the
Larissa regional unit, in
Thessaly
Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, The ...
,
Greece
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. It is high and is located between
Pelion
Pelion or Pelium (Modern el, Πήλιο, ''Pílio''; Ancient Greek/ Katharevousa: Πήλιον, ''Pēlion'') is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the ...
to the south and
Olympus to the north, separated from the latter by the
Vale of Tempe
The Vale of Tempe ( el, Κοιλάδα των Τεμπών) is a gorge in the Tempi municipality of northern Thessaly, Greece, located between Olympus to the north and Ossa to the south, and between the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia.
The ...
.
Etymology
The name Kissavos has been connected to
South Slavic ''kisha'' "wet weather, rain."
Mythology
In
Greek mythology
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, the
Aloadae
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In Greek mythology, the Aloadae () or Aloads (Ancient Greek: Ἀλωάδαι ''Aloadai'') were Otus or Otos (Ὦτος means "insatiate") and Ephialtes (Ἐφιάλτης "nightmare"), Thessalian sons of Princess Iphimedia, wife of Aloe ...
s are said to have attempted to pile
Mount Pelion
Pelion or Pelium (Modern el, Πήλιο, ''Pílio''; Ancient Greek/Katharevousa: Πήλιον, ''Pēlion'') is a mountain at the southeastern part of Thessaly in northern Greece, forming a hook-like peninsula between the Pagasetic Gulf and the ...
on top of Mount Ossa in their attempt to scale
Olympus.
[Pseudo- Apollodorus, '' Bibliotheca'' i, 7, 4.]
See also
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Ossa Cave
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List of European ultra prominent peaks
References
Attribution
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External links
Greek Mountain Flora"Óros Óssa, Greece" on Peakbagger
Landforms of Larissa (regional unit)
Ossa
Geography of ancient Thessaly
Natura 2000 in Greece
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