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Mount Phoukas

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Mount Phoukas or Foukas is a mountain in the Peloponnesus in Greece. Anciently, it was called Apesas (Ancient Ἀ, Latin: Apesas mons); it towered above Nemea in the territory of Cleonae, Argolis, and was where Perseus is said to have been the first person who sacrificed to Zeus Apesantius.

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