https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/195089bb5a/Recent content in Kyrtones on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usMon, 08 Jun 2026 07:34:03 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/21eea814e6/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/21eea814e6/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>unspecified</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>A grove and shrine of Apollo in the mountaintop town of Kyrtones in Boeotia was visited by Pausanias in the 2nd century CE <a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:9.24.4" target="_blank">(9.24.4)</a>. There was also a natural spring at the site, next to which was a sanctuary of the Nymphs and a small grove of fruit-bearing trees.</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=orchards">orchards</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300008890" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300008890</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Pausanias">Pausanias</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=shrines">shrines (structures)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300007558" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300007558</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=springs">springs (bodies of water)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300008697" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300008697</a>) </li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Kyrtones" title='search for "Kyrtones" within GRE'>Kyrtones</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540898" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:540898</a>) </li> </ul>