Phyle Cave

The Phyle Cave is a small cave on Mount Parnes near Fyli, a suburb of Athens in Attica, Greece [1]. In ancient Greece it was the site of a sanctuary to Pan and the nymphs [1]. It is also known as Lychnospilia, meaning lamp cave, for the large number of oil lamps found in the cave [1]. It has been identified as the cave which occurs in the Dyskolos of Menander [1]. The cave was excavated in 1901 [1]. Three votive reliefs found in the cave are now on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens [1]. Because of its use for the veneration of Pan the cave is also called the Cave of Pan [1]. It was one of the five caves of Pan in the vicinity of ancient Athens [1].