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

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Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New podcast! Vanessa Archontidou talks about Mount Oligyrtos, Mount Everest, and her role as EU Climate Pact Ambassador. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/09/12/s...

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Vanessa Archontidou on how mountains help us tell stories about climate change and empowering women.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

New podcast! Ionas Sklavounos and Marilena Mela from Boulouki talk about working with traditional building techniques in the mountain communities of Greece. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/08/29/b...

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Ionas Sklavounos and Marilena Mela talk about the work of Boulouki preserving traditional building techniques.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

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Taste the wine of Dionysus and fight against the centaurs with Herakles in the oak forests of Foloi.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

New podcast! David Gilman Romano talks about his archaeological research on Mount Lykaion, by far the most important mountain summit excavation in Greece. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/06/27/e...

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Excavating Mount Lykaion

David Gilman Romano talks about the Mount Lykaion Excavation and Survey Project, and the Parrhasian Heritage Park.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New podcast! Penelope Matsouka talks about her many decades’ experience of map-making in the mountains of Greece. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/06/20/a...

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Penelope Matsouka talks about her many decades’ experience of map-making in the mountains of Greece.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

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Replicate the wandering of Rhea, the mother of Zeus, on your way up to the summit of Mount Alesion.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

New podcast! Maria Christodoulou talks about her work as a herbalist and about the mountain plants of Greece. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/30/t...

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The Greek Herbalist

Maria Christodoulou talks about her work as a herbalist and about the mountain plants of Greece.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

New podcast! Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou talks about his work as a landscape archaeologist in Zagori. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/23/u...

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Under the Forest

Faidon Moudopoulos-Athanasiou talks about his work as a landscape archaeologist in Zagori.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

New podcast! Julian Hoffman talks about his book Lifelines, and about his latest project on the Aoos/Vjosa river. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @julianhoffman.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/05/16/l...

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Julian Hoffman talks about his book Lifelines, and about his latest project on the Aoos/Vjosa river.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

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Profitis Ilias (Asea)

Retrace Odysseus’ footsteps to the centre of the Peloponnese, as far from the sea as you can get.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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Get lost with Edward Dodwell on Mount Lykaion in 1806, looking out for bandits and worse along the way.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

New podcast! Socrates Koursoumis talks about doing mountain archaeology in Greece, and about the ancient boundary stones on the summit ridge of Mount Taygetos. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/25/b...

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Boundary stones

Socrates Koursoumis talks about his archaeological research on Mount Taygetos.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

New podcast! Molly Greene from Princeton University talks about her research on the mountain regions of northern Greece in the Ottoman period. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/18/h...

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History of the Pindus

Molly Greene talks about her research on the history of the Pindus mountains in Ottoman Greece.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We're excited to announce the first of our Mountains of Greece episodes in the Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast series. @staclassics.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/04/11/p...

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Paths of Greece

Jason König interviews Fivos Tsaravopoulos on his work developing new trail networks in Greece.

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Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

New podcast! We talk to Harriet & Rob Fraser, environmental artist working collectively as SOMEWHERE NOWHERE about their place-based walking practices in #Cumbria #LakeDistrict shorturl.at/NHHjI #Poetry #Photography #Walking #Art #Placemaking @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

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Hold one of the ox-horns of the Peloponnese in your hands on Mount Ithome.

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Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

New podcast! Talking with Caroline Schaumann about Humboldtian science in the mountains - feeling, failure, and queer sensibilities + 19th C. mountaineering in print, archive and film #EnvHist #Mountaineering #Alps #Andes shorturl.at/tVj9T @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social

Jason König and Jonathan Westaway interview Caroline Schaumann about her work on mountaineering history.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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Stand on the summit of the mountain of Kronos, with the Olympic stadium at your feet.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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Go up into goat territory to see some neglected temples, and get a view of the Temple of Apollo at Bassae from above.

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Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

New podcast! Talking with @peterhhansen.bsky.social sky.social about how #mountaineering & #modernity emerged together & how the idea of the 'summit position' came to encompass concepts of sovereignty and empire from the #Alps to #Everest shorturl.at/oI5fh #EnvHist #EnvHums @nichecanada.bsky.social

Summit Positions

Jason König and Jonathan Westaway interview Peter Hansen about his research on the Alps and Himalayas.

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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Seems like a task for the global #EnvHist community: suggest talk series for ICEHO's new page! We nominate the new podcast "Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures" and the Edge Effects podcast! @edgeeffectsmag.bsky.social @futuremountain.bsky.social @libbydeq.bsky.social

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

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Find the sanctuary of Zeus Ombrios high up on Mount Hymettos, and discover some alphabetic dedications.

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Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

New podcast! We talk to historian of science @lachlanfleetwood.bsky.social about early 19th C. imperial science in the #Himalaya & the emergence of a 'vertically oriented view of the world' where altitude comes to define mountains #HistSci #EnvHist shorturl.at/51fJe @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social

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Jonathan Westaway @jonwestaway.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

बाउ को धुरी छैन “Father Has No Roof over his head” An #OtherEverests #ConfluenceCollective exhibition in Kalimpong 21-27 February 2026 shorturl.at/YrbVv Lost archives & hidden histories of Indigenous high-altitude workers from the 1920s & 1930s. @tibetcurator.bsky.social @ruthgamble.bsky.social

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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Parnassos (Liakoura)

Climb up to the Liakoura summit to encounter humans born from rocks, and an ancient mountain rescue.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I was very lucky to have the chance to go up to the Pyre of Herakles site on Mount Oiti in north-west Greece back in October—we were in thick mist, but it’s still a very evocative site (link to post below!) mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/01/24/o...

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Enter into a landscape of suffering on Mount Oiti, ancient bandit country and scene of the agonies of Herakles.

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Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Latest podcast! We talk to Simone Kenyon, choreographer + artistic creator of the place-sensitive performance piece Into the Mountain, inspired by the lyrical & embodied prose of Nan Shepherd’s 1974 book #Cairngorms shorturl.at/ac6QE @easlce.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social

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St Andrews Classics @staclassics.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

The Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures podcast launched recently. Check out their first episode, "Xenophobic Mountains" with Alexandra Cotofana: 🔗 msmf.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/17/x... #MountainLandscapes @futuremountain.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

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Mountain Stories, Mountain Futures @futuremountain.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Join us for our first podcast! We talk with the amazing Alexandra Cotofana about landscape sentience in the Romanian Carpathians and the concept of xenophobic mountains. shorturl.at/DfOrj @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social @britschoolathens.bsky.social

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

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Stroll through the meadows of Mount Kallidromos, in the footsteps of the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I hadn't realised until recently that you can see the summit of Mount Kithairon from the centre of Athens. That must have been all the more the case with a huge column of smoke rising up (if Pausanias is right about sacrifices on the summit). mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/12/06/k...

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Wander up past tortoises and wind turbines to the place of sacrificial fire on the summit of Mount Kithairon.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I think the archaeological finds from the Agios Antonios summit of Mount Olympus are not very well known...--evidence of an ash altar and cult of Zeus. Thanks to Cynthia Marti for this post with all the details and a great hiking route! mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/29/o...

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Olympus (Agios Antonios)

Visit the Agios Antonios peak, place of sacrifice and site of the most important archaeological finds on Olympus

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Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

One of the amazing things about visiting the Cave of Pan on Parnitha is knowing that you are in the footsteps of others: late antique worshippers of Pan and nineteenth-century travellers who have left accounts of their visits... mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/22/p...

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Parnitha (Cave of Pan)

Clamber down to the Cave of Pan on western Parnitha, in the footsteps of the late antique pilgrim Nikagoras.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Updated Penteli post here, now with photos! mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/08/p...

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

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Interesting to walk in west Parnitha (ancient Mount Parnes, north of Athens) a couple of weeks ago. It's very overgrown after the 2023 fires. Walking on these paths and helping to keep them open is an act of heritage preservation in itself... mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/15/p...

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Parnitha (Koromilia)

Fight your way through the undergrowth up to the Koromilia peak of Parnitha, and meet one of Alciphron’s parasites.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

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

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Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

New post: a sunset route on Mount Hymettos! mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/11/01/h...

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

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Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

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...

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

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Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

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...

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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.

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British School at Athens @britschoolathens.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🔔 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 · 11/10/2025

Paperback version just out!

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

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...

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Divine Summits exhibition

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

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

New post on Mytikas, highest summit of Olympus! mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/10/04/o...

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Olympus (Mytikas)

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

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

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...

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Parnassos (Corycian Cave)

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

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

New post on Mount Artemision--specially recommended for Pausanias fans! mountainsofgreece.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/09/20/a...

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Scramble up into the territory of Artemis on Mount Artemisio.

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

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...

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Conference programme

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

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Julian Hoffman @julianhoffman.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

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 · 06/09/2025

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...

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

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

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...

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

Mountains of Greece @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

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...

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