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Erymanthus

American  
[er-uh-man-thuhs] / ˌɛr əˈmæn θəs /
Or Erimanthus,

noun

  1. a mountain in S Greece, in the NW Peloponnesus. 7,295 feet (2,225 meters).


Erymanthus British  
/ ˌɛrɪˈmænθəs /

noun

  1. Modern Greek name: Erímanthos.  a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)

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The fourth labor was to capture a great boar which had its lair on Mount Erymanthus.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Afterward, on the snows of Erymanthus, he set a snare for the boar and caught him there.

From The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Colum, Padraic

The same success crowned his fourth labor, the capture of the wild boar of Erymanthus in Arcadia.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

The fourth labour was to bring alive to Eurystheus a wild boar which ravaged the neighbourhood of Erymanthus.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

Erymanthus, a mountain in Arcadia that was the haunt of the boar killed by Hercules.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin