Mount Oeta
Oeta | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,152 m (7,060 ft) |
Coordinates | 38°49′43″N 22°17′19″E / 38.82861°N 22.28861°E |
Geography | |
Location | Phthiotis and Phocis, Greece |
Parent range | Pindus |
Mount Oeta (
Location and description
Mount Oeta is located on the boundaries of the
A total of 22 settlements are located on Mount Oeta:[5]
- Argyrochori, Kombotades, Kostalexis, Loutra Ypatis, Mexiates, Sykas, and Ypati to the north
- Gorgopotamos, Dyo Vouna, and Koumaritsi to the east
- Oiti, Kastriotissa, Mavrolithari, Pavliani, and Pyra to the south
- Kapnochori, Kastania, Lychno, Mesochori, Neochori, Peristeri, and Pyrgos to the west
National Park
In 1966, Mount Oeta became the sixth of Greece's
Flora
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Fauna
Mammals in the park are
The park also hosts a great variety of bird species. Woodpecker species are present on Oiti, such as grey–headed woodpecker, the white–backed woodpecker, the black woodpecker and the syrian woodpecker. Other bird species include the ortolan bunting, the horned lark, the eurasian skylark, the tawny pipit, the alpine accentor, the black redstart, the northern wheatear, the common rock thrush, the black stork and the white–winged snowfinch. As well as a great number of rare predatory birds, for example the golden eagle, the short–toed snake eagle and the peregrine falcon.
Fish species of the parks rivers and lakes are Sperchios barbel, Macedonian chub, Sperchios spirlin, Greek trout and probably the endangered Marathon minnow.[9]
History
Antiquity
In
In historical times, the area of Oeta belonged to southern
The women of Hypate were associated with witchcraft in Antiquity: the sorceresses Mycale and Agaonice, called the Pharmacidae, inhabited the area.[13][11] Even in more recent times, the precipice of Anemotrypa near the town was said to be the haunt of the crone Lyousa Armagou.[11]
Middle Ages
Hypate is still mentioned in the 6th century by the historian
The city played a major role in the latter 13th century, when it was the capital of the independent Greek rulers of
Modern era
The area played an important role in the
References
- ^ Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, pp. 4–5.
- ^ Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, pp. 5–6.
- ^ Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, p. 4.
- ^ a b Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, p. 37.
- ^ a b c Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, p. 34.
- ^ Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, p. 8.
- ^ a b Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, p. 10.
- ^ Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, p. 14.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-07-05. Retrieved 2017-05-28.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Oeta". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. I. London: John Murray.
- ^ a b c Kastanioti & Stamellou 2013, p. 35.
- ^ Kramolisch, Herwig (October 2006). "Oete". Brill's New Pauly. Brill Online. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d Smith, William, ed. (1854). "Hypata". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. I. London: John Murray.
- ^ T.S. Mackay (1976). "HYPATA Aitolia, Greece.". The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ^ a b c Gregory 1991, p. 1454.
- ^ Koder & Hild 1976, pp. 256–257.
- ^ Koder & Hild 1976, pp. 117–118.
Sources
- Gregory, Timothy E. (1991). "Neopatras". In ISBN 0-19-504652-8.
- Kastanioti, A.; Stamellou, A. (2013). Οίτη, Ένα Βουνό Γεμάτο Ομορφιές και Μύθους / Oiti, A Mountain Full of Beauties and Myths (in Greek and English). Loutra Ypatis: Management Body of Mt Oiti National Park.
- Koder, Johannes; Hild, Friedrich (1976). Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Band 1: Hellas und Thessalia (in German). Vienna: ISBN 978-3-7001-0182-6.
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