Samothrace, little more than the massif of Mt Sáos with a ledge of habitable land attached, has an epic solitude and grandeur. Its gorges and peaks, trees, waters, winds and shores possess a primeval simplicity. Its forests are evoked by Homer; its winds propelled and tormented Odysseus; the view from the summit of Mt Sáos is the view Poseidon had of the Battle of Troy. It is no surprise that a very ancient cult of mysterious and un-nameable ‘Great Gods’ evolved here.
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