https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/5074a986ad/Recent content in Phigalia on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usMon, 08 Jun 2026 07:34:03 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/00e4043547/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/00e4043547/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>unspecified (mentioned in the 2nd century CE)</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>The only indication that there was a garden at this sanctuary is a literary reference to a grove of cypress trees. According to Pausanias <a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.13" target="_blank">(2.13.3)</a>, this ancient sanctuary in the northeastern Peloponnese was located above the acropolis. The grove associated with the goddess Ganymede or Hebe was still in existence when Pausanias travelled to Phlious. In honour of the goddess, a number of prisoners were pardoned every year, the fetters of those set free being hung on the trees in the grove.</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://catalog.perseus.org/cite-collections/authors/urn:cite:perseus:author.1054.1" target="_blank">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> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Phigaleia" title='search for "Phigaleia" within GRE'>Phigaleia</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570598" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:570598</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=Phigalia%20%28inhabited%20place%29" title='search for "Phigalia (inhabited place)" within GRE'>Phigalia (inhabited place)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/5004240" title="Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty)">TGN:5004240</a>) </li> </ul>