https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/achaea/pallene/Recent content on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-ushttps://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/achaea/pallene/pallene_sanctuary_of_mysian_demeter/Wed, 21 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/place/achaea/pallene/pallene_sanctuary_of_mysian_demeter/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>unspecified (mentioned in the 2nd century CE)</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>Pausanias described a grove of all kinds of trees with a natural spring sacred to Demeter near Pallene in the Argolid (<a href="http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-eng1:7.27">7.27.9-10</a>). According to legend, the sanctuary was established by an Argive, Mysios. An annual festival of Demeter took place here for the duration of seven days. On the third day of that festival, the sacred rites were celebrated exclusively by female devotees.</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://catalog.perseus.org/cite-collections/authors/urn:cite:perseus:author.1054.1">Pausanias</a></li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=sacred groves">sacred groves</a><a 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/test-drafts/search/?q=springs">springs (bodies of water)</a><a 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/test-drafts/search/?q=Pallene">Pallene</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/580051" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades: 580051</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/test-drafts/search/?q=Argol%c3%ads%20%28regional%20division%29">Argolís (regional division)</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002739" title="Thesaurus of Geographic Names (Getty)">TGN: 7002739</a> </li> </ul>