Cult sites and dramatic meaning: Apollo and the Acropolis cave sanctuaries in the Oresteia and Ion.

Both Aeschylus in the Oresteia and Euripides in Ion, in their creation of Apollo figures, make use of images of caves, including references to the actual Acropolis caves, one of which was an Apolline sanctuary. This article focuses on the significance of these references for the fifth-century specta...

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Published in:	Journal of Hellenic Religion Vol. 5; pp. 77 - 113
Main Author:	PEAKE, JACQUELINE
Format:	Article
Published:	Méduse d'Or Feb2012
Subjects:	Caves Rites & ceremonies Apollo (Deity) Acropolis (Athens, Greece) Athens (Greece) Greece
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