Vari Cave

The Vari Cave, also known as the Nympholyptos Cave, is a small cave northeast of Vari in Attica, Greece [1]. In classical antiquity the cave was used as a shrine dedicated to Apollo, Pan and the Nymphs [1]. The cave was occupied from the sixth to second century BC [1]. The cave then fell into disuse until it was occupied again in the fourth century AD [1]. It was finally abandoned in approximately the sixth century [1]. The cave was excavated in 1901 [1]. It lies near the top of one of the southern spurs of Mount Hymettus at an altitude of almost 300 meters [1]. According to inscriptions found in the cave, the sanctuary was built by Archedemus of Thera [1].