A Gray Afternoon In Boeotia

Few weeks ago, as we were heading towards the spring`s end, for one more time we took the decision to take the road to Boeotia.

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Boeotia - Land of Heroes , Myths, Legends and Mysteries

Pilgrimage at Chaeroneia and Delphi

I always enjoy driving around Boeotia, and i never miss the opportunity of the good weather (A day with Rain or full of gray clouds and fog is just perfect!) to visit some places i have never been before.

Part I KABEIRION

This time , the first place was Kabeirion of Thebes.

Here is what the Ancient traveller Pausanias wrote about this place: The Cabeirium

It took us some time to find this place , as it was in the middle on nowhere without any signs or guide maps around.


Part II THE ROAD TO MOUNT HELICON

It was already late in the afternoon when we took the road to Mount Helicon

Part III THE BIRTH PLACE OF HESIOD AND THE VALLEY OF THE MUSES

After some time going up to the road in Mount Helicon we arrived in "a cursed place, cruel in winter, hard in summer, never pleasant" (Hesiod "Works And Days"). Its a village named Ascra and thats the birthplace of famous poet Hesiod.
It was getting dark and we did not had much time left as in Hellenic countryside is quite hard to see something during the night because there is not many lights. Only inside villages, in main roads and highways.

We checked our map and we noticed that we were really close to the valley of the muses and Hippocrene. 

 Unfortunately, we did not found those mythical places because it was already dark.

But few minutes before we took some photos of this area with the promise to return after the summer.