Mount Lycabettus
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Mount Lycabettus, also known as Lycabettos, Lykabettos or Lykavittos, is a Cretaceous limestone hill in the Greek capital Athens. At 277 meters above sea level, its summit is the highest point in Cent
Mount Lycabettus
Panorama from Mount Lycabettus, with a view of the Panathinaiko Stadium, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, the Hellenic Parliament and the Acropolis of Athens.
View from Lykavittos Hill over Athens
View of the Acropolis at night
In Greek mythology, King Erichthonius was a legendary early ruler of ancient Athens. According to some myths, he was autochthonous and adopted or raised by the goddess Athena. Early Greek texts do not
Mount Lycabettus
…it when she dropped a limestone mountain she had been carrying from the Pallene peninsula for the construction of the Acropolis after the box holding Erichthonius was opened. The hill has a large open-air amphitheatre near the top, which has housed many Greek and international concerts. In 2008 it closed due to…
Birth of Erichthonius: Athena receives the baby Erichthonius from the hands of the earth mother Gaia, Attic red-figure stamnos, 470–460 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen (Inv. 2413)
Athena Scorning the Advances of Hephaestus, Paris Bordone, between c. 1555~1560
Erichthonius Released from His Basket by Antonio Tempesta (1606)
The Discovery of the Child Erichthonius by Peter Paul Rubens (circa 1615)