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See also:HYMETTUS (Ital. See also:Monte Matto, hence the See also:modern name Trello Vouni)
, a See also:mountain in See also:Attica, bounding the Athenian See also:plain on the S.E
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Height, 3370 ft
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It was famous in See also:ancient times for its bees, which gathered See also:honey of See also:peculiar flavour from its aromatic herbs; their fame still persists
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The See also:spring mentioned by See also:Ovid (Ars Amat. iii
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687) is probably to be re-cognized near the monastery of Syriani or Kaesariani on the western slope
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This may be identical with that known as Kb?Aov Hi pa, said to he a remedy for barrenness in See also:women
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The See also:marble of See also:Hymettus, which often has a bluish tinge, was used extensively for See also:building in ancient See also:Athens, and also, in See also:early times, for See also:sculpture; but the See also: |
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