Ras Kouroun

Ras Kasaroun or El-Kas, also known as Casius Mons in Latin, or Kasion Oros
Like the other Mount Casius in Syria, it was historically associated with a shrine to Zeus, one of whose epithets was Kasios.

History

The sandy mount stands out about the flat landscape, though it is a mere 100 metres above the sea.

Classical Age

Persian period

To Greek geographers such as Herodotus, is a small mountain and a former town near the marshy Lake Bardawil, the "Serbonian Bog" of Herodotus, where Zeus' ancient opponent Typhon was "said to be hidden".

Hellenistic period

Here, Greeks knew, Baal Sephon was worshipped.
Its name is given to the Catholic titular see of Casius.

Medieval Ages

The saying "Kasiotic knot", which in Medieval Greek meant "someone who are crooked in their ways", comes from the town's name.