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'''Athos''' is a famous peninsula, also known as "Holy Mountain" or "Garden of the Virgins" that extends from the coast of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]] into the [[Aegean Sea]], terminating in Mount Athos.  There have been twenty Orthodox ([[Christian]]) monasteries located on Athos, safeguarding important historical manuscripts and works of art. Only males are allowed entrance;  even female domesticated animals are forbidden, with the exception of chickens who provide fresh egg yoke necessary for the paint in iconography.
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'''Athos''' is one of the Gigantes in [[Greek mythology]]. He threw a huge rock at Poseidon but missed and it came down at the south of the [[Oros Athos]] peninsula where now lies [[Mount Athos]] or the Holy Mountain.<ref>http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/athos.html</ref>
  
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'''Athos''' is also the name of one of the title characters of [[Alexandre Dumas]]'s novel ''[[The Three Musketeers]]''.
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Revision as of 19:13, March 26, 2017

Athos is one of the Gigantes in Greek mythology. He threw a huge rock at Poseidon but missed and it came down at the south of the Oros Athos peninsula where now lies Mount Athos or the Holy Mountain.[1]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/athos.html
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