Aigaleo or
Egaleo , and known in
antiquity as
Poikilon Oros (Ποικίλον Όρος), is a mountain in
Attica,
Greece. It lies west of
Athens, southeast of
Eleusis, east of the island of
Salamis and northwest of
Piraeus. Most of the mountain is rocky (limestone). It is shorter than
Hymettus. Most of the forest is to its north where the
Daphni Monastery is located. There is also a park in its northern reaches.