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Antro delle Sorti — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jan 22, 2021 03:48 PM

The "Cave of the Fates" at Praeneste is a sanctuary at the base of the city's terraced sanctuary of Fortuna. It was said to contain wooden oracular tablets.

Aphrodite sanctuary at Dafni — by J.S. Traill — last modified Dec 15, 2022 04:10 PM

An ancient sanctuary of the goddess Aphrodite, described by Pausanias and located at modern Dafni (Daphne) along the ancient sacred way from Athens to Eleusis.

Aspripetra — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 08, 2024 10:54 PM

A cavernous grotto on the island of Kos that seems to have served as a place of worship in ancient times. Pan and the Nymphs were venerated there in Archaic Greek times. The grotto's ancient name is unknown.

Cave of Apollo — by Chris de Lisle — last modified Feb 25, 2024 09:57 AM

The Cave of Apollo was a shrine on the north slope of the Acropolis, dedicated to Apollo Hypakraios / hypo Akrais / hypo Makrais ("Apollo under the High Rocks" / "under the Long Rocks"). According to Euripides' Ion, it was the birthplace of Ion, progenitor of the Ionians.

Cave of Eileithyia (Inatos) — by Zachary Rosalinsky — last modified Jun 06, 2023 07:30 PM

Sacred cave dedicated to the goddess of childbirth, Eileithyia, at Inatos, Crete. The site was in use from the Geometric period to the Roman period.

Cave of Pan and the Nymphs — by J.S. Traill — last modified Nov 18, 2021 08:02 PM

A small cave, located northeast of Vari in Attica, Greece, that was used as a shrine dedicated to Apollo, Pan, and the Nymphs form the sixth to second centuries BC.

Dafni Pan cave (Attica) — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 19, 2022 07:40 AM

A small cave sanctuary near the later Daphi monastery with activity in the fifth century BCE.

Eileithyias Antron — by J. Bennet — last modified Aug 03, 2022 11:59 AM

The Cave of Eileithyia outside Heraklion on Crete is an ancient sanctuary sacred to the goddess of childbirth. The shrine was active during Neolithic, Minoan, and Mycenaean phases.

Grotta Regina — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Oct 16, 2024 10:15 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 C2 Grotta Regina

Idaion Antron — by J. Bennet — last modified Feb 25, 2023 11:00 AM

A sacred cave on Crete where it was believed Rhea hid Zeus to protect him from Cronus. Archaeological evidence indicates use as a shelter or dwelling as early as the Late Neolithic period, with religious activities taking over in the Bronze Age and continuing through the Roman period.

Kaiadas Spelaion — by G. Reger — last modified Dec 29, 2021 08:38 AM

The Kaiadas cave is located near modern Trypi in the Peloponnese. Ancient testimony identifies it as a place of execution used by the ancient Spartans. Exploration in the modern era identified a significant number of skeletal remains, but these have not been effectively dated.

Korykion Antron (Parnassos) — by J. Fossey — last modified Feb 08, 2024 05:11 PM

A sacred cave on mount Parnassos named for Apollo's daughter Corycia. It is not to be confused with another cave of the same name at Corycus in Cilicia.

Lera — by J. Bennet — last modified Dec 15, 2022 09:32 PM

An ancient cave sanctuary on the Akrotiri peninsula of Crete.

Marisa — by B. Isaac — last modified Jan 08, 2021 10:13 AM

A Judean, Edomite, and later Hellenistic settlement. Destroyed ca. 40 BCE by the Parthians.

Pan, Cave of — by J.S. Traill — last modified Dec 19, 2022 07:34 AM

The Phyle Cave located on Mount Parnes near Fyli (Phyle), Greece, is a small cave that served in antiquity as a shrine sacred to the god Pan. It is one of five such cave sanctuaries dedicated to Pan known in ancient Attica.

Panagia Arkoudiotissa — by J. Bennet — last modified Nov 15, 2021 11:00 AM

The Arkoudiotissa Cave on Crete has been the site of ritual activity since antiquity. The cave's cultic association stems from a rock formation that looks like a bear (Arkoudiotissa ("she-bear")).

Patmos (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Jul 30, 2024 09:13 PM

Patmos is the smallest and northernmost island of the ancient Sporades.

Pertosa — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 17, 2015 09:55 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 B3 Pertosa

Sanctuary of Poseidon at Tainaron — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jan 20, 2022 09:27 PM

A famous ancient sanctuary of Poseidon located at the southern end of the modern Mani peninsula of the Peloponnese. Literary and archaeological evidence indicate that the sanctuary featured a temple, a cave treated as a mouth of the underworld, and other structural and monumental components. It seems to have served as a sanctuary site for suppliants and a context for the formal manumission of enslaved persons.

Skotino cave — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 04, 2021 07:53 PM

A cave sacred to the Minoan peoples of Crete that continued to be used by Greeks, and later, Romans. Arthur Evans carried out the initial archaeological exploration of the cave.