A distinctive mountain in Magnesia.
During the Trojan War, Achaian commander Prothoos led the Magnetes from Mount Pelion and the vicinity of the Peneios River.
Two generations before the Trojan War, the Centaurs[1] outraged the Lapithai with their uncouth behavior. King Peirithoos of the Lapithai drove the Centaurs from their homes on Mount Pelion to the domain of the Aithikes in northwestern Greece, near the Illyrian Mountains.
The ash wood used to fashion Achilles' spear came from high on Mount Pelion.
1. Centaurs (Kentauroi)—a race of sentient beings having the head, trunk, and arms of a man but the body of a horse.
| References: Homer, Iliad book 2, line 757; book 16, line 144;book 19, line 391 |