| 词条 | Ras Kouroun |
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Ras Kouroun, El-Katieh, or El-Kas, also known as Casius Mons in Latin, or Kasion Oros to Greek geographers such as Herodotus (who considered it to mark the boundary between Egypt and Syria), is a small mountain near the marshy Lake Bardawil, the "Serbonian Bog" of Herodotus, where Zeus' ancient opponent Typhon was "said to be hidden".[1] Here, Greeks knew, Baal Sephon was worshipped. The sandy mount stands out about the flat landscape, though it is a mere 100 metres above the sea. Its name is given to the Catholic titular see of Casius. Like the other Mount Casius in Syria, it was historically associated with a shrine to Zeus, one of whose epithets was Kasios. Notes1. ^Lane Fox 2009:253-56. 2 : Ancient Greek geography|Mountains of Egypt |
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