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🌍 the Alps

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    major mountain range in Europe
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/783
    Relics preserved on site
    πŸ›οΈ the Route through the Graian Alps created by Heracles, identified by Pliny as the "Graian Pass", which is likely the route now known as the Petit St Bernard
    Encompasses
    πŸ›οΈ the Route through the Graian Alps β€‚πŸŒ Raetia (N. Italy) β€‚πŸŒ the Land of the Lepontii (N. Italy) β€‚πŸŒ the Land of the Euganei (N. Italy) β€‚πŸŒ the Graian Alps (N. Italy)
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    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.19.1-4.19.3πŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271πŸ“– Pliny, Natural History 3.128
    Mentioned in text
    Diodoros, LibraryOvid, MetamorphosesPliny, Natural History
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