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Pelion or Pelium (Modern Greek: 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 Aegean Sea.
Pelion, also Pellion or Pelium (Ancient Greek: Πήλιον, Πέλλιον or Πήλεον, Latin: Pelion, Pelium or Pellium) was an ancient fortified settlement traditionally located in Illyria, near the Tsangon Pass, on the border with Macedonia.
The ancient historian Arrian states that Cleitus sacrificed three boys, three girls, and three black rams on an altar just before the Battle of Pelion with Alexander. The Illyrian advance detachments, after some brief skirmishing, retreated within the walls of Pelion. The Macedonians decided to blockade Pelion, bringing up their siege equipment.
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Alexander's first attempt to siege Pelion failed and the Macedonians were forced by Illyrians to retreat on the other side of the river, which thus far could have been interpreted as a sort of Illyrian victory. But after three days Alexander undertook a night attack defeating by surprise the defenseless Illyrians.
Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality South Pelion, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] The municipal unit has an area of 63.754 km 2. [3] It is a traditional Greek mountain village, at a height of 400 m on Mount Pelion. It is 28 km from Volos, the capital city of Magnesia.
South Pelion (Greek: Νότιο Πήλιο, Notio Pilio) is a municipality in the Magnesia regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Argalasti . [ 2 ] The municipality has an area of 368.539 km 2 . [ 3 ]
Pelion or Pelium may refer to: Pelion, a mountain range in Thessaly, Greece; 49036 Pelion, an asteroid named after the mountain; Pelion (Illyria), a fortified settlement in the borderlands of Illyria and Macedonia; Pelion (Thessaly), a city in ancient Thessaly, Greece; Pelion, South Carolina, United States; Pelion Mountain, mountain in Canada