Iti (mountains)
| Iti | ||
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 Partial view of the village of Neochori in the Iti Mountains |
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| height | 2152 m | |
| location | Fthiotida , Greece | |
| Mountains | Pindos Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 38 ° 47 '32 " N , 22 ° 15' 18" E | |
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The Iti Mountains ( modern Greek Οίτη Iti , also Oiti , ancient Greek Οἴτη Oítē , Latin Oita or Oeta , also Öta ) is a southeastern branch of the Pindos Mountains and named after its highest peak (2152 m). It is located in the Greek countryside Fthiotida between the valley of Sperchios and the upper reaches of the Boeotian Kifissos .
In the eastern part of Kallidromo ( Καλλίδρομο ) its foothills reach close to the Gulf of Malia and only leave a very narrow passage free, the famous Thermopylae pass . There was also a high pass in the west of the Kallidromos, which leads into the high-lying Kephisos valley.
In mythology the Oite, or the southern summit Pyra (Πυρά, 1560 meters), is named as the place where the pyre stood, on which Heracles burned himself before he was accepted into Mount Olympus. There is an ash altar and a small Doric temple near the village of Pavliani at an altitude of 1,800 meters; a cult is documented from archaic times to the Roman Empire.
Today there is a national park in the area of the mountains .
literature
- Herwig Kramolisch: Oite. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , column 1150 f.
- Brunhilde Lenk : Oite 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVII, 2, Stuttgart 1937, Sp. 2294-2299.
- A. Kastanioti, A. Stamellou: Οίτη. Ένα Βουνό Γεμάτο Ομορφιές και Μύθους / Oiti. A Mountain full of Beauties and Myths . Management Body of Mt Oiti National Park, Loutra Ypatis 2013 ( full text ).
