Mount Hymettus
Greece /
Attiki /
Imittys /
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/ Greece
/ Attiki
/ Imittys
, 3 km from center (Υμηττός)
World / Greece / Peloponnisos
mountain, park, invisible
Hymettus, also Hymettos is a mountain range in the Athens area.
Hymettus, also Hymettos (pronounced /haɪˈmɛtəs/ in English, Greek: Υμηττός, is a mountain range in the Athens area, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as Trellós or Trellóvouno (crazy mountain), a name of uncertain origin. In antiquity there was a sanctuary to Zeus Ombrios (Zeus the Rain God) on the summit with numerous offerings dating especially to the 8th-7th centuries BC; they are on the site of a military base and not currently accessibe. There is also an ancient quarryman's hut on the western slopes of the mountain, one of two buildings in ancient Attika which preserves its roof.
The height is 1,026 m at Evzonas and the length is 16 km (9.9 mi) between Athens and the Saronic Gulf and 6 to 7 km from east to west. In the ancient times, the highest point was known as Mega Ymittos and the southern Elattona (Ελάττονα) and Anydro Ymitto (Άνυδρο Υμηττό) (today Mavrovouni (Μαυροβούνι meaning black mountain) and Kontra (Κόντρα)). It was noted for its thyme honey. Marble has been quarried since antiquity.
Hymettus, also Hymettos (pronounced /haɪˈmɛtəs/ in English, Greek: Υμηττός, is a mountain range in the Athens area, East Central Greece. It is also colloquially known as Trellós or Trellóvouno (crazy mountain), a name of uncertain origin. In antiquity there was a sanctuary to Zeus Ombrios (Zeus the Rain God) on the summit with numerous offerings dating especially to the 8th-7th centuries BC; they are on the site of a military base and not currently accessibe. There is also an ancient quarryman's hut on the western slopes of the mountain, one of two buildings in ancient Attika which preserves its roof.
The height is 1,026 m at Evzonas and the length is 16 km (9.9 mi) between Athens and the Saronic Gulf and 6 to 7 km from east to west. In the ancient times, the highest point was known as Mega Ymittos and the southern Elattona (Ελάττονα) and Anydro Ymitto (Άνυδρο Υμηττό) (today Mavrovouni (Μαυροβούνι meaning black mountain) and Kontra (Κόντρα)). It was noted for its thyme honey. Marble has been quarried since antiquity.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymettus
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Coordinates: 37°55'26"N 23°48'29"E
- Mount Penteli 21 km
- Mount Egaleo 28 km
- Aegina 38 km
- Mount Parnitha 43 km
- Pateras Mountains 62 km
- Mt. Kithairon 67 km
- Mount Geraneia 79 km
- Mount Dirfis 85 km
- Mount Helicon 132 km
- Μount Parnassus 151 km
- Ιlioupoli 3.2 km
- ΚΕΤΑ - ΕΤΗΜ 3.3 km
- Terpsithèa District 4.3 km
- Municipality of Argyroupolis - Elliniko 5.1 km
- Glyfada 5.7 km
- Municipality of Kropia 7.2 km
- Athens Metropolitan Area 9 km
- Μesogeia 9 km
- Attica 20 km
- Saronic Gulf 36 km