Pindus

"Stanzas composed October 11, 1809, during the night in a thunderstorm, when the guides had lost the road to Zitza, in the range of mountains formerly called Pindus, in Albania."

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

[Editions 1812-1831.] [This thunderstorm occurred during the night of the 11th October, 1809, when Lord Byron's guides had lost the road to Zitza, near the range of mountains formerly called Pindus, in Albania.

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806

I have never pondered what death might hold for this one person, born Wrenna of Pindus, now Wren, wife of Alobar.

La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

From the geological point of view, the Pindus mountain ranges belong to the Alpine orogenic system, distinguished by a very complex lithological composition.

Pindus Mountains mixed forests 2008

Nevertheless, the Pindus mountain ranges still host significant old-growth forest stands, mainly related to inaccessible high mountain slopes and canyons (i.e. the Aos River canyon).

Pindus Mountains mixed forests 2008

No evidence exists of a significant timber trade or intensive logging in the Pindus until the eighteenth century.

Pindus Mountains mixed forests 2008

According to historical data, at the end of the Antiquity, it appears that the Pindus mountain ranges had a very low human population, and tall forests prevailed widely throughout.

Pindus Mountains mixed forests 2008

The Rough Guide's editors define the Balkans as stretching from the Pindus mountains in Greece to the Carpathians in Romania.

East to West: Essential Gypsy Music Recordings 2007

After climbing over the 9,000-foot summits of the Pindus Range, they would drop to zero level and thunder up the Danube plain, arriving simultaneously and in massed numbers at the target, overwhelming their unprepared defenders and turning Ploesti into a boiling inferno.

Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006

After climbing over the 9,000-foot summits of the Pindus Range, they would drop to zero level and thunder up the Danube plain, arriving simultaneously and in massed numbers at the target, overwhelming their unprepared defenders and turning Ploesti into a boiling inferno.

Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006