Mount Kyllíni or Mount Cyllene (Greek: Κυλλήνη, sometimes in modern times Mount Ziria Ζήρια), is a mountain on the Peloponnesus peninsula in Greece. It rises to 2374 m (7789 ft) above sea level, and is located near the border between the historic regions of Arcadia and Achaea, in the northeast of Arcadia. The present location of the mountain is entirely in Corinth. The mountain is the second tallest in the peninsula. It is located W of Corinth, NW of Stymfalia , N of Tripoli and S of Derveni.

In Greek mythology, Hermes was born in a sacred cave on the mountain, and so Cyllenius is a frequent epithet of his. The Homeric Hymn Hymn to Pan recalled that "Hermes ... came to Arkadia ... there where his sacred place is as god of Kyllene. For there, though a god, he used to tend curly-fleeced sheep." In ancient times there was a temple and statue dedicated to him on the mountain's summit.

Much of the mountain are barren and rocky. Forests are also in the mountain range and surround the mountain. The mountain also features florla and grassy areas.The mountail includes an observatory which is located at 22.67 E and 37.97 N elevationg at 908 m. The work about the floral and the geography of the mountain, the Floristic and Phytogeograpcih Analysis of Mount Kyllini .

The panorama includes the eastern part of Achaia and Chelmos, the Gulf of Corinth and most of Corinthia, the southern part of Corinthia and parts of northeastern Arcadia.

The nearest mountain ranges are Oligyrtos to the south and Chelmos/Aroania to the west. The roads surround the western and the southern part of the mountain range. The central part of the mountain does not have much roads. The entire area is also a parkland. The mountain has a few mountaintops. The mountain also includes valleys and streams. The area lower than 2,000 m has forests and much of the area are forested.

The municipal boundary of Stymfalia - Feneos - Evrostini and Xylokastro are in the mountain range.

Nearest places

• Feneos
• Trikala, north
• Kastania (1,000 m)
• Kessari , southeast
• Goura , southwest

External links

• Mapquest - Kyllini
• http://www.pbase.com/dead_poet/ziria
• http://www.gianniskofinas.com/Vouna/ziria/z.htm
• http://www.loizosgroup.com/Greek/M35K.htm
• http://www.mountains.gr/geographia/ziria.html
• http://www.oreivatein.com/page/mountains/q_z/ziria/ziria_f.htm
• http://victorian.fortunecity.com/degas/455/ziria.htm

Cyllene or Kyllene herself was a mountain nymph (an oread) who had taken for her consort Pelasges in the most ancient times that Greek mythographers could recall.

There was a port in Elis in Antiquity named Cyllene near the mouth of the River Alpheus, where the traveller Pausanias noted the image of Hermes, "most devoutly worshipped by the inhabitants, is merely the male member upright on the pedestal." Several nearby modern places are also named Kyllini.

Cyllene is the name given to an Indo-Pacific genus of snails (Gastropoda).