Zeus

Dikti (Diktaian Cave)

Listen out for the grunting of pigs and the beat of harpies’ wings, at the Diktaian cave.

Pray for rain with king Aeacus on the summit of Mount Oros, on the island of Aegina.

Watch out for cuckoos, and be careful where you dive, on the Ermioni peninsula in the eastern Peloponnese.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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