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{{Short description|Ancient mountain above Antioch on the Orontes}}
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'''Silpium''' ({{langx|grc|Σίλπιον όρος}}) is the ancient mountain above [[Antioch|Antioch on the Orontes]] (modern [[Antakya]], Turkey) where [[Io (mythology)|Io]], the daughter of [[Inachus]], dies of grief in the version of the Greek myth preserved by the Syrian historian [[John Malalas|Ioannis Malalas]] (2.30). In modern [[Turkish language|Turkish]], it is called ''Habib-i Neccar Dağı''.

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