Cite this garden Carroll, M. (2021). "Sanctuary of Hyernetho." Gardens of the Roman Empire, accessed June 18, 2026. https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/4ac5538904/

Sanctuary of Hyernetho

Contributors: Jane Millar, Amartya Shri
Published: 2021-04-21
Last modified: 2026-06-08

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According to local legend, the Argive maiden, Hyrnetho, died in an ancestral struggle and was buried on this site (Pausanias, 2.28.6-7). The sanctuary lay in the midst of a grove of wild olive trees. Established law, even in Roman times, forbade anyone to remove broken branches of these olives or any other trees in the grove.

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