*saimon, 'mountain ridge'. A third possibility is that "Haemus" ??u?? derives from the Greek word haima ??u? meaning 'blood'. The myth relates to a fight between Zeus and the monster/titan Typhon. Zeus injured Typhon with a thunder bolt and Typhon's blood fell on the mountains, giving them their name.

Late Middle Ages and Ottoman period

The earliest mention of the name appears in an early 14th-century Arab map, in which the Haemus Mountains

1.Previous
3.Next