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Modern Description: Nymphs Sanctuary: an outdoor sanctuary with cuttings in the rock and a rock-cut inscription, ιερὸν Νυμφ[ο͂]ν Δέμο, a few meters SW of the main door of the Asteroskopeio/National Observatory of Athens. In 2000 were found numerous female votive statuettes from the 7th to the 4th century BC.
[Judith Binder: Nymphs: Nymphs and Demos, sanctuary on the Hill of the Nymphs Rock-cut sanctuary marker, mid-5th c. B.C., at the summit of the Hill of the Nymphs southwest of the Observatory IG I³ 1065 = IG I² 854; K. S. Pittakis, AE 1852, 669-670 no. 1111; SEG_47 85 (1997); Ritchie, Jr., C. E. 1985, 295-300, pl. 56, fig. 45 and 816-819; SEG_50 87 (2000)]
Trismegistos Geo: 364

Info: A.E.

(Aspa Efstathiou, ToposText volunteer)

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