Sanctuaries of Apollo and Athena (Ancient Argos)

Greece / Argolis / Argos / Ancient Argos
 temple, ruins, archaeological site, interesting place
Ruins of the ancient sanctuaries of Apollo Deiradiotes (Apollo of the ridge) and Athena Oxyderkes (Athena the clear-sighted). Both are mentioned in Pausanias. The sanctuary of Apollo featured an oracle, one of the few that incorporated blood sacrifice into the oracular proceedings. Once a month, so Pausanias says, a lamb was slaughtered. When the prophetess of Apollo tasted the blood, she was possessed by the god and gave out her oracles. Not much left of the site beyond foundations and a few courses of wall stones. But nice atmospheric locale.

--grecodan

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Coordinates:   37°38'30"N   22°43'13"E
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