Tilphossium or Tilphossion ( grc, Τιλφώσσιον
or Τιλφωσσαῖον), or Tilphusium or Tilphousion (Τιλφούσιον),
was a mountain on the southern side of
Lake Copais, between the plains of
Haliartus and
Coroneia
Koroneia ( el, Κορώνεια, before 1915: Κουτουμουλάς - ''Koutoumoulas'') is a village and a former municipality in Boeotia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Livadeia, of which it is a ...
, maybe regarded as the furthest offshoot of
Mount Helicon, with which it is connected by means of
Mount Leibethrium
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...
. At the foot of the hill was the small fountain Tilphossa or Tilphussa, where the seer
Tiresias is said to have died.
[ The hill bears the form of a letter T, with its foot turned towards the north. From its position between the lake and Leibethrium, there is a narrow pass on either side of the hill. The pass between Tilphossium and the lake was one of great importance in antiquity, as the high road from northern Greece to Thebes passed through it. This pass was very narrow, and was completely commanded by the fortress ]Tilphossaeum Tilphossaeum or Tilphossaion ( grc, Τιλφώσσαιον), also Tilphosaeum or Tilphosaion (Τιλφώσαιον or Τιλϕωσαΐον), or Tilphusium or Tilphousion (Τιλφούσιον), was a fortress in ancient Boeotia that commanded the na ...
or Tilphusium, on the summit of the hill.[Dem. ''de Fals. Leg.'' pp. 385, 387; ]
References
Geography of ancient Boeotia
Mountains of Greece
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