Taygetus
TAYGETUS (mod. St Elias or Pentedaktylon), the highest mountain ridge in the Peloponnese, separating Laconia from Messenia. Height 7900 ft. The highest point is H. Elias; here horses are said to have been sacrificed to Helios.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
