Dome of Athena B | Paleopoli

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Dome of Athena B | Paleopoli

For a trip from Therma to Feggari (Moon) mountain, one certainly does not need a star-ship. The moon for this island is represented by Saos, the steep and majestic mountain. It is on this top that Homer imagined Neptune sitting and watching the phases of the Trojan War. A fairly difficult hike of three and a half hours, passing initially through a wooded area and then through scrubland and rocky places, reaches at a height of 1,611m., at its top, Marmaras. Here grow the native plants Alyssum degenianum, Potentilla geoides, Halacsyana, and other rare ones as Enysimum orizontale. To the right and left looms an arc of tall peaks: Ai-Lias, Agios Georgios, Louloudi, Amoni, Apodavlos, Pyrgoudis, all higher than 1,200 meters. The view from here is excellent. Imbros, Tenedos, Lemnos and Mount Athos appear clearly with good weather, and, according to Homer, from this same peak Troy was also visible.

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