Hymettos
| Hymettos (Ymittos; Υμηττός) | ||
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 View from the east of the Hymettos (Ymittos) |
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| height | 1026 m | |
| location | Attica , Greece | |
| Coordinates | 37 ° 57 '0 " N , 23 ° 47' 0" E | |
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The Hymettos ( ancient Greek Ὑμηττός , modern Greek Υμηττός Ymittos ) is a mountain ridge up to 1026 m high on the Attica peninsula in Greece . It is located about 10 km southeast of the city center of the Greek capital Athens and consists of two elevations separated by a pass.
history
Because of its importance for the history and cityscape of Athens, the mountain is widely noted and described:
“Your sky is still blue, the rocks are wild,
the valleys are beautiful and the meadows so green,
And honey drips into the hymetto's gau;
You can still see bees building fragrant cells,
the free-born wanderers of this hill ;
For a long time to come, Apollo left the summer
to shine with blue, Pendeli's marble.
Art, fame and freedom dwindled, but nature remained beautiful. "
"I have always loved the word hymettos for its blaring good-sounding sake"
In ancient times it was famous for its honey ("Hymettos bees"). In addition, the forests that existed at that time were used as a source of timber. The bluish-gray "Hymettic" marble was used as a contrast to the white Pentelic marble in buildings. At the Hymettos there are some interesting caves.
geography
A road leads to the partially cordoned off summit plateau with its antenna forest.
summit
- Mavrovouni Ymittou (770 m, ⊙ )
literature
- Willy Zschietzschmann , in: Der Kleine Pauly , Vol. 2 (1967), Col. 1267–1268.
- Erhart Kästner : Mounts of Olives, Vineyards. Insel, 1996, pp. 88-95.
