Mount Kasios — Jebel Aqra

The Syrian Mount Kasios is known today as Jebel Aqra, in the coastal Syrian–Turkish border area. The German Archaeological Institute associates Jabal al-Aqraʿ with the names Mount Kasios and Casius Mons. ^[1]

The Greek Bibliotheca mentions the mountain in 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 pursuit of TyphonTyphon / TyphoeusZeus's serpent-headed opponent, whose battle differs between Hesiod and later Greek accounts.Glossary · Click to read the explanation. This entry concerns the Syrian mountain in that context; the ancient name can refer to other places in different texts. ^[2]