Abstract
In antiquity marble quarries on the western side of Mt. Hymettos supplied builders with useful material. These quarries, many of which are still preserved and visible today from Athens, have received scant attention from archaeologists. Even less attention has been paid to the eastern side of the mountain and the possibility that stone deposits there were exploited in ancient times. This article describes an abortive trial quarry in a zone of dolomite on the east side of Hymettos. It demonstrates that the viability of stone on that side was tested by ancient builders. The Roman period emerges as the most likely date for the quarry on the basis of what is known about quarrying in Greece in different periods of antiquity.
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