His original name was a sacred mountain in many religions and cultures Mount Kasios sometimes spelt Casius to the Greeks.
Hurrian Mount Hazzi in the bible known as Mount Zaphon and described as the meeting place of the deities… Old Semitic Sapanu in the Baal cycles the dwelling place of Baal was called Sapan. Sacred Mount Zaphon is near ancient Ugarit not far from the Syrian – Turkish border near the river Orontes.