Meaning of Hymettus | Babel Free

Definitions

A mountain of Attica, famous for its honey and marble.

Examples

“There flowerie hill, Hymettus with the ſound / Of bees’ induſtrious murmur oft invites / To ſtudious muſing;”

“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.”

“[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.”

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