Puzzles

[tonyg]

Oh dear - this scientific approach is all Greek to me

[Anthony Darby]

Oh dear - this scientific approach is all Greek to me

Ye Gods!

[Ragged Robin]

Oh dear - this scientific approach is all Greek to me

By george...I think I've got it

In Greek mythology the mountain was regarded as the "home of the gods", specifically of the Twelve Olympians, the twelve principal gods of the ancient Hellenistic world

Apollo God of the sun...(as in butterfly)

Helianthemum olympus grow there....(as in your plant)

is this the connection?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Olympus

[tonyg]

Good!
Apollo - God of the Sun
Has he only one name?
And what about the yellow flower - has this other names?

[Ragged Robin]

Good!
Apollo - God of the Sun
Has he only one name?
And what about the yellow flower - has this other names?

This is a marathon

Apollo - God of sun and music

Helianthemum (rockrose, sunroses, rushrose, or helianthemum) is a genus of about 110 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family

I shall never forget the connections in this puzzle and will look on my rockrose here in a new light!

[tonyg]

Ok - the race is nearly over (but if you knew what I do for a living you'd appreciate the irony there )
You started the thread with Apollo and Helianthus .... but I'm sure Helianthus and Helianthemum are both derived from the same greek god.  You have been so close to the answer Icarus would be proud of you

[David Nicholson]

Not a 'Bookie' are you Tony?

[Ragged Robin]

Ok - the race is nearly over (but if you knew what I do for a living you'd appreciate the irony there )
You started the thread with Apollo and Helianthus .... but I'm sure Helianthus and Helianthemum are both derived from the same greek god.  You have been so close to the answer Icarus would be proud of you

I hope I get out of this labyrinth soon

Helios - is the Greek sun god and the sun itself?
Offspring =
These "children of the Sun" were sometimes referred to as Heliades in Greek mythology and literature.

[tonyg]

Ok - the race is nearly over (but if you knew what I do for a living you'd appreciate the irony there )
You started the thread with Apollo and Helianthus .... but I'm sure Helianthus and Helianthemum are both derived from the same greek god.  You have been so close to the answer Icarus would be proud of you

I hope I get out of this labyrinth soon

Helios - is the Greek sun god and the sun itself?
Offspring =
These "children of the Sun" were sometimes referred to as Heliades in Greek mythology and literature.

You seem to have gone an extra mile - Apollo and Helios were my connection - I thought you might take a short cut to the answer having started the thread with that combination. 
No more puzzles for a while 

[tonyg]

Not a 'Bookie' are you Tony?

David, if I didn't know better I'd say you got that from the horses mouth

[Ragged Robin]

Yes. I guess it's back to reality!   Great puzzle though

[Diane Clement]

No more puzzles for a while     

we haven't yet solved Two men in a gondola puzzle   
But I will have a stab at the valley village as Saas Grund 

[tonyg]

Wrong side of the Rhone Diane
Perhaps the best people to answer the Gondola question would be our respective wives .... but then they were not there

[David Nicholson]

Busy day today Tony 

[tonyg]

Busy day today Tony 

David - I dont Knowhere you get that idea big fella.  Thanks for thinking of me.  Whats the state of play down among the cornish sett?  I'm off on holiday next week, not a eurotrek or the himalayan trail for me, no my will is to stroll down a cloudy lane to chelsea harbour. 
Enough of this idle talk - I can hear the echo of money in the till.  I'll keep you in darkness as to the outcome of the big one