Mount Taygetus

Mount Taygetus

Mount Taygetus, also known as Taygetos, is a mountain range in the southern Peloponnese, Greece.

Mount Taygetus is named after the nymph Taygete, one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology.

The Spartans would abandon weak or deformed infants on the slopes of Mount Taygetus, a practice known as "exposure."

Mount Taygetus was integral to the military culture of ancient Sparta.