https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/1872c4a665/Recent content in Aegina on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usMon, 08 Jun 2026 07:34:03 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/ac3df48e02/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/ac3df48e02/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>pre-464 BCE to 2nd century CE</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>Evidence for a temple grove on Aegina exists only in a literary reference. Pausanias <a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.29.6" target="_blank">(2.29.6)</a> wrote that the shrine of Aiakos was surrounded by a grove of olive trees. Pausanias says that it had been there since ancient times, and a reference in 464 BCE to the grove in Pindar's <em>Olympian Odes</em> <a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-eng1:13" target="_blank">(13.109)</a> confirms that it was much older. This sanctuary was located in a prominent spot in the harbor town and was enclosed within a wall built of white stone. At the time of Pausanias' travels in Greece in the 2nd century CE, the temple grove was still to be seen.</p> <!-- ## Maps --> <!-- ## Plans --> <!-- ## Images --> <!-- ## Bibliography --> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=literary gardens">literary gardens</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=sacred groves">sacred groves</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300251876" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300251876</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=olive trees">olive trees</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/610675-1" title="Plants of the World Online (Kew)">POWO:610675-1</a>) </li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Aegina%20%28island%29" title='search for "Aegina (island)" within GRE'>Aegina (island)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/579844" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:579844</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Aegina%20%28inhabited%20place%29" title='search for "Aegina (inhabited place)" within GRE'>Aegina (inhabited place)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011087" title="Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty)">TGN:7011087</a>) </li> </ul>