Grotta Caruso/Grotta delle Ninfe (Caruso Cave, Cave of the Nymphs).
An extramural cave shrine of Demeter and the Nymphs at Locri Epizephyrii, located immediately outside the city's eastern circuit walls. Use is documented from the Archaic period; in the Hellenistic period, the cave was built into a nymphaeum. The site seems to have been the locus for ritual bathing by unmarried young women of Locri, perhaps a katabasis or descent representing death and rebirth.
For more information, see here and ; location is marked in Fig. 2 here.
For Locri Epizephyrii/Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι: Pleiades; PECS-Perseus; Attalus; Wikipedia.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria (en.wikipedia), Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Tags: Epizephyrian Locris Locri Epizefiri Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι Επιζεφύριοι Λοκροί Locres Lokroi Epizephyrioi Epizephirii pleiades:findspot=452369 Grotta Caruso Locri loc. Caruso Grotta delle Ninfe Cave of the Nymphs Reggio Calabria Calabria Italy Italia Mezzogiorno Magna Graecia Magna Grecia Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς Μεγάλη Ελλάδα Grande-Grèce ماجنا غراسيا Великая Греция Greek greco grecque griechisch griego ελληνικός yunan terracotta ceramic fittile
Grotta Caruso/Grotta delle Ninfe (Caruso Cave, Cave of the Nymphs).
An extramural cave shrine of Demeter and the Nymphs at Locri Epizephyrii, located immediately outside the city's eastern circuit walls. Use is documented from the Archaic period; in the Hellenistic period, the cave was built into a nymphaeum. The site seems to have been the locus for ritual bathing by unmarried young women of Locri, perhaps a katabasis or descent representing death and rebirth.
For more information, see here and ; location is marked in Fig. 2 here.
For Locri Epizephyrii/Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι: Pleiades; PECS-Perseus; Attalus; Wikipedia.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria (en.wikipedia), Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Tags: Epizephyrian Locris Locri Epizefiri Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι Επιζεφύριοι Λοκροί Locres Lokroi Epizephyrioi Epizephirii pleiades:findspot=452369 Grotta Caruso Locri loc. Caruso Grotta delle Ninfe Cave of the Nymphs Reggio Calabria Calabria Italy Italia Mezzogiorno Magna Graecia Magna Grecia Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς Μεγάλη Ελλάδα Grande-Grèce ماجنا غراسيا Великая Греция Greek greco grecque griechisch griego ελληνικός yunan terracotta ceramic fittile Classical Hellenistic
Grotta Caruso/Grotta delle Ninfe (Caruso Cave, Cave of the Nymphs).
An extramural cave shrine of Demeter and the Nymphs at Locri Epizephyrii, located immediately outside the city's eastern circuit walls. Use is documented from the Archaic period; in the Hellenistic period, the cave was built into a nymphaeum. The site seems to have been the locus for ritual bathing by unmarried young women of Locri, perhaps a katabasis or descent representing death and rebirth.
For more information, see here and ; location is marked in Fig. 2 here.
For Locri Epizephyrii/Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι: Pleiades; PECS-Perseus; Attalus; Wikipedia.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria (en.wikipedia), Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Tags: Epizephyrian Locris Locri Epizefiri Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι Επιζεφύριοι Λοκροί Locres Lokroi Epizephyrioi Epizephirii pleiades:findspot=452369 Grotta Caruso Locri loc. Caruso Grotta delle Ninfe Cave of the Nymphs Reggio Calabria Calabria Italy Italia Mezzogiorno Magna Graecia Magna Grecia Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς Μεγάλη Ελλάδα Grande-Grèce ماجنا غراسيا Великая Греция Greek greco grecque griechisch griego ελληνικός yunan terracotta ceramic fittile Classical Hellenistic
Grotta Caruso/Grotta delle Ninfe (Caruso Cave, Cave of the Nymphs).
An extramural cave shrine of Demeter and the Nymphs at Locri Epizephyrii, located immediately outside the city's eastern circuit walls. Use is documented from the Archaic period; in the Hellenistic period, the cave was built into a nymphaeum. The site seems to have been the locus for ritual bathing by unmarried young women of Locri, perhaps a katabasis or descent representing death and rebirth.
For more information, see here and ; location is marked in Fig. 2 here.
For Locri Epizephyrii/Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι: Pleiades; PECS-Perseus; Attalus; Wikipedia.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria (en.wikipedia), Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Tags: Epizephyrian Locris Locri Epizefiri Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι Επιζεφύριοι Λοκροί Locres Lokroi Epizephyrioi Epizephirii pleiades:findspot=452369 Grotta Caruso Locri loc. Caruso Grotta delle Ninfe Cave of the Nymphs Reggio Calabria Calabria Italy Italia Mezzogiorno Magna Graecia Magna Grecia Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς Μεγάλη Ελλάδα Grande-Grèce ماجنا غراسيا Великая Греция Greek greco grecque griechisch griego ελληνικός yunan terracotta ceramic fittile Classical Hellenistic
Grotta Caruso/Grotta delle Ninfe (Caruso Cave, Cave of the Nymphs).
An extramural cave shrine of Demeter and the Nymphs at Locri Epizephyrii, located immediately outside the city's eastern circuit walls. Use is documented from the Archaic period; in the Hellenistic period, the cave was built into a nymphaeum. The site seems to have been the locus for ritual bathing by unmarried young women of Locri, perhaps a katabasis or descent representing death and rebirth.
For more information, see here and ; location is marked in Fig. 2 here.
For Locri Epizephyrii/Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι: Pleiades; PECS-Perseus; Attalus; Wikipedia.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Reggio Calabria (en.wikipedia), Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Tags: Epizephyrian Locris Locri Epizefiri Λοκροὶ Επιζεφύριοι Επιζεφύριοι Λοκροί Locres Lokroi Epizephyrioi Epizephirii pleiades:findspot=452369 Grotta Caruso Locri loc. Caruso Grotta delle Ninfe Cave of the Nymphs Reggio Calabria Calabria Italy Italia Mezzogiorno Magna Graecia Magna Grecia Μεγάλη Ἑλλάς Μεγάλη Ελλάδα Grande-Grèce ماجنا غراسيا Великая Греция Greek greco grecque griechisch griego ελληνικός yunan terracotta ceramic fittile Classical Hellenistic