Hymettus

English Alternative forms en Hymettos Etymology From en grc Ὑμηττός. Proper noun A mountain of Attica, famous for its honey and marble. 91 There flowerie hill, Hymettus with the ſound / Of bees’ induſtrious murmur oft invites / To ſtudious muſing; 160 Thither the bees came, however, and plunged into the squash-blossoms, as if there were no other squash-vines within a long day’s flight, or as if the soil of Hepzibah’s garden gave its productions just the very quality which these laborious little wizards wanted, in order to impart the Hymettus odor to their whole hive of New England honey. CVI 557 [T]ime had mellowed the marble to the colour of honey, so that unconsciously one thought of the bees of Hymettus, and softened their outlines. Derived terms en Hymettian en Hymettic Latin Alternative forms la Hymettos Etymology la Hymēttus :bor grc:Ὑμηττός + 1 Pronunciation Hymēttus Proper noun Hymēttus<2> A mountain of Attica, famous for its marble and honey Declension Hymēttus<2> Related terms la Hymettius References la Greece Mountains