place
Hymettus
Mountain near Athens, by metonymy a sign of Athenian (Academic, Stoic) philosophical learning.
Reading notes
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.8 §3 Hymettus
The mountain near Athens, by metonymy a sign of Athenian (Academic, Stoic) learning; Cicero's joke is that his philosophy is rough-and-ready Italian, not polished Greek.
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §2.112 carry off honey from Mount Hymettus
Mount Hymettus near Athens was renowned in antiquity for its honey. The trivial errand of fetching its honey figures the absurd mismatch between Xerxes' vast armament and a petty aim.