Hymettus

American  

[hahy-met-uhs] / haɪˈmɛt əs /

noun

1. a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3,370 feet (1,027 meters).

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Hymettus British  

/ haɪˈmɛtəs /

noun

1. Modern Greek name: Imittós.  a mountain in SE Greece, in Attica east of Athens: famous for its marble and for honey. Height: 1032 m (3386 ft)

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Other Word Forms

• Hymettian adjective
• Hymettic adjective

Example Sentences

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

Lady Franklin has bought land near the foot of Mount Hymettus for a country-seat.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd

More plainly still do the tombs lately discovered in Hymettus at the village of Spata attest the ancient settlement of the Phenicians on the Attic coast.

From The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI) by Duncker, Max

Our road lay along the base of Mount Hymettus, on the borders of the plain of Attica, shaded by thick groves of olives.

From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by Stephens, John Lloyd

Honey-famed Hymettus, gray and patient, stretches toward the sea—toward the shining Saronic Gulf and the bay of Phalerum.

From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)