https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/achaea/epidauros/Recent content on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-ushttps://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/achaea/epidauros/epidauros_sanctuary_of_hyernetho/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/achaea/epidauros/epidauros_sanctuary_of_hyernetho/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>unspecified</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>According to local legend, the Argive maiden, Hyrnetho, died in an ancestral struggle and was buried on this site <a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.28">(Pausanias, 2.28.6-7)</a>. 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.</p> <!-- ## Maps --> <!-- ## Plans --> <!-- ## Images --> <!-- ## Bibliography --> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=literary gardens">literary gardens</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=orchards">orchards</a><a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300008890" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300008890</a> </li> <li><a href="https://catalog.perseus.org/catalog/urn:cite:perseus:author.1054">Pausanias</a></li> <li><a href="http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/610760-1">wild olives (Olea oleaster)</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="places">Places</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=Epidauros">Epidauros</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570228" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades: 570228</a> </li> </ul>