Erymanthus
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Erymanthus or Erymanthos (Greek: Ερύμανθος) may refer to:
  • Erymanthus, an ancient Greek city of Arcadia
    Arcadia
    Arcadia is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Peloponnese. It is situated in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan...

     later known as Psophis
    Psophis
    Psophis was an ancient Greek city in the northwest end of Arcadia, bounded on the north by Arcadia, and on the west by Elis.-City name and mythology:...

  • Erymanthos (river), a river in southern Greece
  • Erymanthian Boar
    Erymanthian Boar
    In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian Boar is remembered in connection with The Twelve Labours, in which Heracles, the enemy of Hera, visited in turn "all the other sites of the Goddess throughout the world, to conquer every conceivable 'monster' of nature and rededicate the primordial world to its...

  • Mount Erymanthos
    Mount Erymanthos
    Mount Erymanthos is a dense mountain range south of Patras in the middle of Achaia prefecture. The mountains is also called Olonos . Historically it was in northwestern Arcadia and was the second tallest in the historic Arcadia, the northern portion belonged to the historic Achaea...

    , a mountain range in Achaea, Greece
  • Erymanthus (person), name of several mythological figures associated with the above
  • Erymanthus (beetle), a checkered beetle genus
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