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HYMETTUS (Ital. Monte Matto, hence the modern name Trello Vouni)

HYMETTUS (Ital. See also:
MONTE
Monte Matto, hence the See also:
MODERN
modern name Trello Vouni) , a See also:

mountain in See also:

ATTICA

Attica, bounding the Athenian See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain on the S.E. Height, 3370 ft. It was famous in See also:

ancient times for its bees, which gathered See also:

HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey of See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar flavour from its aromatic herbs; their fame still persists. The See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring mentioned by See also:

OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid (Ars Amat. iii. 687) is probably to be re-cognized near the monastery of Syriani or Kaesariani on the western slope. This may be identical with that known as Kb?Aov Hi pa, said to he a remedy for barrenness in See also:

WOMEN

women. The See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble of Hymettus, which often has a bluish tinge, was used extensively for See also:

BUILDING

building in ancient See also:

Athens, and also, in See also:

early times, for See also:

sculpture; but the See also:

white marble of See also:

PENTELICUS (Bpr.Anvvbs, or Ilevee LKOv opoc from the deme HEveiXn; mod. Mendeli)

Pentelicus was preferred for both purposes. See E. See also:

Dodwell, Classical and Topographical Tour (1819), i. 483.

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