Greek Mythology: From The Iliad To The Fall Of The Last Tyrant

The Temple of Apollon at Delphi

Delphi
On the way to Delphi from Athens, we passed the home of the Muses, Mount Helikon. Our tour bus stopped for lunch and I walked to the end of the parking lot to get a better look at the mysterious blue mountain in the distance ... a local man walked up to me and said simply, “Helikon” ... I immediately understood that I was looking at the famed mountain where the poet Hesiod so eloquently described his encounter with the Muses 2,700 years ago
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