Ras Kouroun

For the other Mount Casius on the Mediterranean coast near Antioch, see Jebel Aqra.
Ras Kasaroun
Highest point
Coordinates31°9′34.02″N 33°5′17.53″E / 31.1594500°N 33.0882028°E / 31.1594500; 33.0882028
Geography
Ras Kasaroun

Ras Kasaroun (Arabic: راس كسرون) or El-Kas (Arabic: القاس), also known as Casius Mons in Latin, or Kasion Oros (Ancient Greek: Κάσιον)

Like the other Mount Casius in Syria, it was historically associated with a shrine to Zeus, one of whose epithets was Kasios.

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