History of a hill

The story goes that the goddess of wisdom, Athena, dropped the boulder that was to become Lykavittos from her hands when a crow brought her bad news. The name, itself, derived from the word lykos, meaning wolf, testifies that wolves once lived here…

The story goes that the goddess of wisdom, Athena, dropped the boulder that was to become Lykavittos from her hands when a crow brought her bad news. The name, itself, derived from the word lykos, meaning wolf, testifies that wolves once lived here…