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Hymettian, a.|haɪˈmɛtɪən| [f. L. Hymettius (f. Hymettus, Gr. Ὑµηττός) + -ian.] Of or belonging to Mount Hymettus in Attica, famous in antiquity for its honey and marble; hence poet. honeyed, sweet (cf. hyblæan).
1601Holland tr. Pliny's Nat. Hist. xvii. i. 499 Foure goodly pillars of Hymettian Marble. 1658J. Rowland tr. Moufet's Theater of Insects 908 He that will make a good mixture of wine and honey, must mingle with new Hymettian Honey, old Falernian Wine. 1795Coleridge To R. B. Sheridan in Poetical Works (1912) I. 88 Thy temples with Hymettian flow'rets wreath'd. |