Hymettus
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Fanned by strong winds, the fire quickly spread across the slopes of Mount Hymettus which overlooks the Greek capital, sending thick clouds of smoke over the southern suburbs.
From Reuters ● Jun. 4, 2022
Every morning the golden majesty of the sun rose above the wall of Hymettus, but few could lift their hands to Lord Helios and give praise for another day of light.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
This river, rising on the northern slope of Hymettus, flows through the east side of Athens.
From Select Poems of Thomas Gray by Robert Carruthers
Passing to the summit of Parnassus, he looks down upon all the other mountains, plains, islands, and gulfs of Greece; but especially surveys the broad bosom of Cithæron, Helicon, and Hymettus.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. by Various
Hymettus, returning to the Moltke in the harbor in time to have a late dinner and to spend the night.
From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Robert Urie Jacob
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