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Aglaureion

Also known as: Aglauros shrine, Athens, Aglaurus sanctuary, Athens, Cave of Aglaureios

Athens

The Aglaureion was an ancient sanctuary of Aglauros, daughter of the mythical King Cecrops I of Attica. It lay along the Peripatos, the path circling the foot of the Acropolis - the place where Athenian ephebes swore their oath to the polis.

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