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Zeus

View of distant mountains with plain in foreground

Alesion

Replicate the wandering of Rhea, the mother of Zeus, on your way up to the summit of Mount Alesion.

View of grassy slope in foreground and mountains in background.

Lykaion (2)

Get lost with Edward Dodwell on Mount Lykaion in 1806, looking out for bandits and worse along the way.

View of distant mountain.

Ithome

Hold one of the ox-horns of the Peloponnese in your hands on Mount Ithome.

Ancient Olympic stadium with grassy banks in foreground; wooded Mount Kronion in background.

Kronion

Stand on the summit of the mountain of Kronos, with the Olympic stadium at your feet.

Hymettos 2

Find the sanctuary of Zeus Ombrios high up on Mount Hymettos, and discover some alphabetic dedications.

Mountain landscape with trees.

Oiti

Enter into a landscape of suffering on Mount Oiti, ancient bandit country and scene of the agonies of Herakles.

Mountain path in foreground; distant view of city and mountain in the background.

Penteli

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

Menalo

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

Olympus (Mytikas)

Scramble up over the rocks to Mytikas, highest summit in Greece, and see where Hephaistos fell to earth.

View from mountain summit, with path and ancient stadium in the distance.

Lykaion

Make your way up Mount Lykaion to see the best excavated summit site in Greece, and to hear some bloodthirsty stories.

Rocky Mountain slope, with wind turbines in the distance.

Arachnaio (2)

Dig into the archaeological heritage of the summit site on Mount Arachnaio, under the wind turbines.