Castalian spring
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Neven Jovanovic
Creators: Neven Jovanovic
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
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A spring in the ravine between the Phaedriades cliffs (on the lower southern slope of Mt. Parnassos) at Delphi.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/203037083
38.48305005, 22.50541595
- Representative Locations:
- General area of the Castalian Spring at Delphi (modern) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
- OSM location of Κασταλία κρήνη (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Castalia (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Κασταλία (Kastalia: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 300)
- fons Castalius (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- Κασταλία πηγή (Kastalía pigí: Modern Greek)
- Castalian spring located at Delphi (unspecified date range)
- Castalian spring connection Parnassus (mountain) (unspecified date range)
- Gymnasium at Delphi next place in route Castalian spring (30 BC - AD 300)
spring
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Neven Jovanovic, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Castalian spring: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/203037083> [accessed: 10 October 2026]
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