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  2. Cave Sanctuaries of the Acropolis of Athens - Wikipedia

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    The Cave Sanctuaries of the Acropolis of Athens are the natural fissures in the rock of the Acropolis hill that were used as sites of worship for deities of the Panhellenic pantheon in antiquity. Traditionally a sharp distinction has been drawn between the state religion practised on the summit of the Acropolis and the cult practice of the ...

  3. Acropolis of Athens - Wikipedia

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    The Acropolis of Athens (Ancient Greek: ἡ Ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, romanized: hē Akropolis tōn Athēnōn; Modern Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών, romanized: Akrópoli Athinón) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historical significance ...

  4. Cave of Pan - Wikipedia

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    In classical antiquity the god Pan was often venerated in caves. In the present these caves are often referred to as the Cave of Pan. In Greece: The Cave of Pan on the northern slope of the Acropolis of Athens in Attica. The Cave of Pan at Oinoe near Marathon in Attica. The Corycian Cave on Mount Parnassus in Central Greece.

  5. List of caves in Greece - Wikipedia

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    The Acropolis cave complex in Athens, Prefecture of Attica includes: . an Asclepieion on the northwest slope; the Cave of Auglaros; The Mycenean Cavern, an abandoned Mycenean well on the northwest slope

  6. Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus - Wikipedia

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    Site plan of the Acropolis at Athens: number 13 is the sanctuary. The Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus was a walled open-air sanctuary dedicated to Zeus Polieus (city protector) around 500 BC on the Acropolis of Athens, sited to the Erechtheion's east. None of its foundations have been discovered and its trapezoid plan and many entrances have been ...

  7. Klepsydra (Acropolis) - Wikipedia

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    Site of the Klepsydra, Athens. The Klepsydra [1] of the Acropolis of Athens is a natural spring on the north-west slope of the Acropolis hill, [2] near the intersection of the Peripatos and the Panathenaic Way. It had been in use as a source of water since prehistoric times but sometime in the fifth century BCE the site was developed with ...