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Modern Description: From the centre of Aiantion a road crosses the island to the attractive beaches and inlets of the island's south coast. At the southern extremity of the island is the bay of Peristéria (10 km), fronted by two small off-shore islets. From a point shortly before the western end of the bay, a track leads inland, up between houses to the ‘Cave of Cychreus', now generally referred to as the ‘Cave of Euripides'. (The track soon becomes a steep path through pines and thorn bushes: the climb takes 20 minutes from the shore. A torch is essential for exploring the cave; and some head protection is advisable.) Before reaching the cave the path passes the foundations of the walls of two small shrines which may have been related to the cult of Euripides and of Dionysos in later Hellenistic times; the threshold block and the plan of the eastern shrine can be clearly seen.
Trismegistos Geo: 37803

Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands

(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)

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