Kogaionon was theholy mountain of theGeto-Dacians, the place whereZalmoxis stayed in a cave for three years. After his disappearance into Kogaionon, he was considered dead by the Getae but after three years he resurrected and showed himself to the people, who became convinced by his holy preaching when he emerged from Kogaionon.
Strabo claims that a river with the same name flowed in the vicinity.
One modern translation of Kogaionon is "sacred mountain", which would be connected to a probable Dacian wordkaga meaning "sacred", attested in two early 2nd century inscriptions fromTomis.[1]
Kogaionon's location is still under debate, but it may be in the area around the Dacian capitalSarmizegetusa Regia (there is a 2291m summit there called Gugu and there are speculations that it could be the holy mountain[2]).
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