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

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HYMETTUS (Ital. Monte Matto, hence the modern name Trello Vouni) , a mountain in Attica, bounding the Athenian plain on the S.E. Height, 3370 ft. It was famous in ancient times for its bees, which gathered honey of peculiar flavour from its aromatic herbs; their fame still persists. The

spring

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)

mentioned by 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 women. The

marble

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

of Hymettus, which often has a bluish tinge, was used extensively for building in ancient Athens, and also, in early times, for sculpture; but the white

marble

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

of Pentelicus was preferred for both purposes.
See E.

Dodwell

DODWELL,
EDWARD
- EDWARD
(1767-1832)
DODWELL,
HENRY
- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G.
  heim
  - HEIM, ALBERT VON ST GALLEN (1849- )
  - HEIM, FRANCOIS JOSEPH (1787-1865)
  , the Eng.
  home
  - HOME
  - HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
  - HOME, EARLS OF
  , and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—"
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- EDWARD
  - EDWARD
  _LAMSON_1841_.html">HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY,
  PATRICK
  - PATRICK, SIMON (1626–1707)
  - PATRICK, ST
  (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF
  BATTENBERG
  - BATTENBERG
  (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
(1641-1711)

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

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