Cave of Pan and the Nymphs
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Nov 18, 2021 08:02 PM
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History
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.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580056
37.8581572, 23.8018177
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Archedimou Cave (750 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Nympholyptos Cave (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Σπήλαιο Αρχέδημου (Spilaio Archedimou: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Σπήλαιο Νυμφολήπτου (Spilaio Nymfoliptou: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Σπήλαιο Πανός (Spilaio Panos: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Σπήλαιο Πανός και Νυμφών (Spilaio Panos kai Nymfon: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Vari Cave (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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- Pan kai Nymphai T. (Ancient, in Latin characters Greek, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Cave of Pan and the Nymphs connection Hymettos M. (unspecified date range)
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sanctuary (religious center), cave
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 C3 Pan kai Nymphai, T.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: N Vari
J.S. Traill, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Cave of Pan and the Nymphs: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580056> [accessed: 30 January 2025]
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