Cilicia

Cilicia is a historical region south of the Taurus mountains in AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is the region occupying the Asian part of present-day TurkeyGlossary · Click to read the explanation, within modern TürkiyeTurkeyTurkey is a modern country including Anatolia and territory in southeastern EuropeGlossary · Click to read the explanation. Scholars usually distinguish Plain Cilicia from Rough Cilicia; the geographical and political use of the name changed over time. ^[1]

Routes through it connected the Anatolian interior and northern Syria with the Mediterranean. In the Greek Bibliotheca, probably composed in the first or second century CE, it is the setting of the cave where TyphonTyphon / TyphoeusZeus's serpent-headed opponent, whose battle differs between Hesiod and later Greek accounts.Glossary · Click to read the explanation hides ZeusZeusZeus is the sky god and leading deity in many Greek traditions. In the Iliad he presides over divine gatherings while others can still speak and object.Glossary · Click to read the explanation’s sinews. ^[2]