Jason König | Lightnews

Mountains of Greece

@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social

Jason König / Professor of Classics, University of St Andrews / https://mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ / Literary and archaeological heritage of the mountains of Greece / 21st-century challenges for mountain landscapes and communities .. more

Videos

History 42%

Philosophy 19%

Posts Replies Media Videos

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 2d

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/08/p...

Penteli

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

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 9d

New post: a sunset route on Mount Hymettos!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/01/h...

Hymettos

Experience the light on Mount Hymettos, and in Ovid’s version of the story of Procris and Cepahalus.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 16d

New post on Mount Menalo today, including the amazing image of Pan in Callimachus' Hymn to Artemis!:

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/10/25/m...

Menalo

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

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks to Maria Christodoulou for this week's guest post. Amazing to see the hellebore still growing in the same place several millennia later!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/10/18/h...

Helikon (Paliovouna)

Wind your way up through the hellebore plants in the place where they were harvested in antiquity, on the western peak of Mount Helikon.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Reposted by Jason König

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 26d

🔔 Event reminder!

🗻 Conference | Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future
📆 22-24 October 2025
❗ fully booked in-person
🌐 online registration still available: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Oct 11

Paperback version just out!

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Oct 11

Exciting to be able to advertise the newly opened Divine Summits exhibition at the Wardlaw Museum in St Andrews, curated by St A. students Carla Longo and Victoria Jackson. You can explore the exhibition website if you can't make it in person!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/10/11/d...

Divine Summits exhibition

Divine Summits: The Cultural Lives of Mediterranean Mountains’ at the Wardlaw Museum in St Andrews (30 September – 16 November 2025).

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Oct 4

New post on Mytikas, highest summit of Olympus!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/10/04/o...

Olympus (Mytikas)

Scramble up over the rocks to Mytikas, highest summit in Greece, and see where Hephaistos fell to earth.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Sep 27

Thanks to Callisto Lodwick for today's post on the Corycian Cave in the foothills of Parnassos.

It's a beautiful hike up from Delphi. It takes you up to an ancient place of worship that's very different from the sanctuary of Apollo down below!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/27/p...

Parnassos (Corycian Cave)

Take the path that Pausanias walked on from Delphi up to the Corycian Cave, place of worship and refuge.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Sep 20

New post on Mount Artemision--specially recommended for Pausanias fans!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/20/a...

Artemisio

Scramble up into the territory of Artemis on Mount Artemisio.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Reposted by Greg Woolf

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Sep 13

Very excited to advertise the full programme and registration details for our Athens conference, 22-24 October 2025!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/13/c...

Conference programme

Mountains of Greece: Heritage Narratives from the Past for a Sustainable Future, Athens, 22-24 October 2025

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Sep 6

I was very lucky to climb Mount Parthenion in the Peloponnese last week. Here's what I discovered!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/06/p...

Parthenion

Encounter abandoned babies and see the place where Helen met Paris on Mount Parthenion.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Reposted by Jason König

Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Such a pleasure recording this podcast for Sense of Place about Lifelines, home and the more-than-human world!
www.senseofplacepod.com/podcast/epis...

A map of the Prespa lakes region shared by Greece, Albania and North Macedonia that appear on the endpapers of my book Lifelines.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thanks to Callisto Lodwick for today's guest post exploring some of the stories associated with Mount Lykaion!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/08/30/l...

Lykaion

Make your way up Mount Lykaion to see the best excavated summit site in Greece, and the venue for some bloodthirsty stories.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thanks to Christina Roald for today's guest post on the archaeological heritage of Mount Arachnaion, and to the St Andrews Research Internship Scheme for funding Christina's work on the project!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/08/23/a...

Arachnaio (2)

Dig into the archaeological heritage of the summit site on Mount Arachnaio, under the wind turbines.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thanks to Callisto Lodwick for today’s fantastic guest post on Mount Helikon! This is the first in a series of posts by students working on the project with funding from the St Andrews Research Internship Scheme.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/08/16/h...

Helikon (Zagaras)

Trek up to the Hippocrene spring on Zagaras, the eastern summit of Mount Helikon, and take a sip for inspiration.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Aug 9

New post on Mount Kynortion near to Epidauros:

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/08/09/k...

Kynortion

Gaze down on Epidauros from above, and explore the story of the god Asclepius abandoned as a baby.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Aug 2

Today exploring Mount Arachnaio in the north-eastern Peloponnese. It's an amazing place!

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/08/02/a...

Arachnaio

Look down at the city of Argos from Mount Arachnaio, place of the last fire beacon from Troy.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Jul 27

New post on Mt Apesas in the northern Peloponnese:
mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/07/26/a...

Apesas

Stroll up to the flat summit of Mount Apesas and see the remains of ancient sacrifices scattered on the ground.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Reposted by Jason König

British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · Jul 21

Save the date 🗻🌄🏔
Conference "Mountains of Greece: Heritage narratives from the past for a sustainable future"

📆 22-24 October 2025
📍 British School at Athens, Souedias 52, 106 76 Athens and online 🌐
ℹ www.bsa.ac.uk/events/mount...
@mountainsofgreece.bsky.social

Full programme coming soon!

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Jul 19

New post on Mount Erymanthos:
mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/07/19/e...

Erymanthos

Walk through flower-filled meadows and encounter the animals of Mount Erymanthos: boars, bees and dolphins.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Jul 12

New post on Mount Chelmos in the northern Peloponnese:
mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/07/12/c...

Chelmos

Catch a glimpse of the summit ridge of Mount Chelmos, home to the nymph Syrinx, and place of refuge for the daughters of Proitos.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Jul 5

New post on Mount Kylllini! mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/07/05/k...

Kyllini

Discover Mount Kyllini: a sacred cave, a lost wooden statue, and a tale of divine cattle rustling.

mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Jun 28

Today the first of a series of weekly posts on the mountains of the Peloponnese: mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/06/27/t...
Explore Mount Taygetos, and the traces of a murderous heroic rivalry on the mountain slopes!

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · Jun 28

Exciting to be launching our project website today, taking a fresh look at the history and mythology of the mountains of Greece: mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk

Light upyour news

Sign in to Lightnews

Sign up to start reading

Connect Bluesky

Connect with Bluesky

Light up
your news