Pelion

Pelion, the ancient name of a wooded mountain-range in Thessaly, extending along the east coast. According to the myth, the Titans, in order to scale Olympus, the abode of the gods, placed Ossa (q.v.) on the summit of Pelion, the highest peak (5310 feet) of the range. Its sides and summit have always been clothed with forests of oak, chestnut, beech, elm, plane, and pine; it was of Pelion timber that the Argo (see ARGONAUTS) was built. The Centaur Chiron had his home on this mountain.