Mount Aegaleo in Athens Greece

"Goat Mountain"

• Aegaleo – the anglicized version of the name of the mountain and often used in historical works.
• Aigaleo – transliteration from the Greek "Αιγάλεω."
• Egaleo – Sometimes used, though less common, dropping the initial "A."
• Aigaleos – Another variant that retains the Greek nominative ending "-os."

The pronunciation of "Aegaleo" (Αιγάλεω) for English is: ay-GAH-lay-oh or eh-GAH-lay-oh

On the Western side of Athens, Aigaleo divides Athens from the Aspropyrgos area and is easy to identify because fo the tan-colored rock oval shaped "bites" out of the side of the mountain.

Mount Aegaleo is directly across from Mount Ymittos on the Eastern side of Athens

Looking up from Omonia Square and the brightly lit Agiou Konstantinou ("Saint Constantine" street) toward Mount Aegaleo at dusk. Click image to expand and enlarge the photo.

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