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Podcast launch

We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast project!

We’re going to be taking a break from posting for a few weeks over Christmas. Thanks for reading in 2025!

Stroll through the meadows of Mount Kallidromos, in the footsteps of the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Wander up past tortoises and wind turbines to the place of sacrificial fire on the summit of Mount Kithairon.

Visit the Agios Antonios peak, place of sacrifice and site of the most important archaeological finds on Olympus

Clamber down to the Cave of Pan on western Parnitha, in the footsteps of the late antique pilgrim Nikagoras.

Fight your way through the undergrowth up to the Koromilia peak of Parnitha, and meet one of Alciphron’s parasites.

Get up close to the ancient quarries of Mount Penteli, and to Pausanias’ vision of Greece as a network of marble.

Experience the light on Mount Hymettos, and in Ovid’s version of the story of Procris and Cepahalus.

Head up into the secluded forests of Menalo from Stemnitsa for a glimpse of the territory of Pan and Artemis.

Wind your way up through the hellebore plants on Mount Helikon, on the slopes where they were harvested in antiquity.

Divine Summits: The Cultural Lives of Mediterranean Mountains (30 September – 16 November 2025).