Hymettos (mountain)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors:
Greta Hawes, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, Richard Talbert, Ryan Horne
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Hymettos is a long mountain in Attica, which separates the plain (pedion) around the city of Athens from the interior of Attica (Mesogaia). It is divided into a northern section (Megas Hymettos) and a southern section (Anydros Hymettos) by the Pinari gorge. It was the site of marble quarries, forests, bee cultivation, and various cults.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579955
37.9414943518, 23.8174219396
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 465 meters.
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- Ὑμηττός (Hymēttós: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Hymettos (mountain) part of (regional) Attica (unspecified date range)
- Cave of Pan and the Nymphs connection Hymettos (mountain) (unspecified date range)
- Untitled connection Hymettos (mountain) (unspecified date range)
mountain, map label location
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 C3 Hymettos M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ymittos
J.S. Traill, Greta Hawes, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, Richard Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Hymettos (mountain): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579955> [accessed: 18 July 2026]
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