Corycian Cave

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cave limestone cave sacred site

Corycian Cave is a famous limestone cavern on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in Greece, revered in antiquity as a sacred site associated with nymphs and the god Pan.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Corycian Cave canonical 2
Corycian Grotto 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cave ⓘ
limestone cave ⓘ
sacred site ⓘ
accessibleFrom Delphi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Corycian Cave ⓘ
surface form: Corycian Grotto
associatedWith Nymphs ⓘ
surface form: Corycian nymphs

Pan ⓘ
nymphs ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
dedicatedTo Pan ⓘ
distanceFromDelphi approximately 10 kilometers ⓘ
elevation high on the slopes of Mount Parnassus ⓘ
greekName Κωρύκειον Άντρον ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFinds inscriptions ⓘ
pottery fragments ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
hasFeature large central chamber ⓘ
narrow entrance ⓘ
stalactites ⓘ
stalagmites ⓘ
hasType karst cave ⓘ
heritage Greek mythology ⓘ
locatedIn central Greece ⓘ
surface form: Central Greece

Mount Parnassus ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
mentionedIn Description of Greece ⓘ
mountainRange Mount Parnassus ⓘ
surface form: Parnassus
near Delphi ⓘ
notableFor ancient religious significance ⓘ
mythological associations ⓘ
natural formations ⓘ
region Parnassos National Park ⓘ
surface form: Parnassos National Park area
religiousFunction place of worship for Pan ⓘ
place of worship for nymphs ⓘ
religiousTradition Pan cult ⓘ
nymph cult ⓘ
sacredTo Pan ⓘ
nymphs ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorUse Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor oracular practices ⓘ
religious rites ⓘ
rituals ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mount Parnassus → hasMythologicalFeature → Corycian Cave ⓘ
Corycian Cave → alsoKnownAs → Corycian Cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Corycian Grotto
Delphi region → contains → Corycian Cave ⓘ