Attavyros
Mountain in Greece
title: "Attavyros" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountains-of-greece", "rhodes", "mountains-of-the-south-aegean", "landforms-of-rhodes-(regional-unit)", "sacred-mountains-of-greece", "temples-of-zeus", "one-thousanders-of-greece"] description: "Mountain in Greece" topic_path: "general/mountains-of-greece" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attavyros" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain in Greece ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Attavyros |
| photo | EmponasRhodesMay2023 03.jpg |
| photo_caption | Attavyros |
| elevation_m | 1215 |
| location | Rhodes, Greece |
| map | Greece |
| map_caption | Location of Attavyros in Greece |
| label_position | top |
| coordinates | |
| :: |
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Attavyros () or Atavyros (Ατάβυρος) or Atabyron () is the highest mountain on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese in Greece. It rises to a height of 1,215 m. It lies to the south of the village of Embonas.
Flora and Fauna
The lower slopes of the mountain are largely forested with Pinus brutia and Cupressus sempervirens, as well as maquis shrubland. They are also home to the peony species Paeonia clusii subsp. rhodia, as well as orchids.
Mammals include the deer Dama dama and the Rhodes badger Meles canescens subsp. rhodius.
Ant species include Aphaenogaster balcanica, festae, and sporadis; Camponotus aegeus, aethiops, boghossiani, gestroi, kiesenwetteri, oertzenii, lateralis and samius; Colobopsis truncata; Crematogaster ionia; Lepisiota melas; Messor wasmanni; Pheidole pallidula; Plagiolepis pallescens; Temnothorax antigoni and dessyi
Conservation
The mountain is part of a Natura 2000 special area of conservation since 2008, together with the neighbouring Mount Akramitis. The area is considered important for breeding raptors and species of open arid areas, as well as for seabirds.
Mythology
In Greek mythology Althaemenes founded an altar to Zeus Atabyrios (Ἀταβύριος Ζεύς) on the mountain. He was said to have chosen the site as the only point on Rhodes from which his homeland of Crete could be seen. The remains of the sanctuary can be seen near the summit.
Gallery
File:Rhodes island aerial.jpg|Aerial view of Attavyros File:Attavyros.JPG|Attavyros File:ZeusTempelAtt.jpg|Temple of Zeus at the top of Attavyros
References
References
- [https://topostext.org/work/241#A141.5 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, A141.5, Atabyron]
- "N2K GR4210030 dataforms".
- Viesi, Juri. (2021-03-11). "Attavyros Mountain: the big one".
- Borowiec, Lech. (2021-10-15). "Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Dodecanese Archipelago, Greece". Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology.
- Nigel McGilchrist. "Rhodes with Symi and Chalki".
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