Acropolis - Cave of Apollo Hypoakraios

The most westerly of the sacred caves at Acropolis was dedicated to Apollo Hypoakraios. The site of the altar was found outside the entrance, and in the walls of the cave are small niches with votive inscriptions. A little way east is another cave which was also dedicated to Apollo. Here he seduced Kreousa, who later abandoned her son Ion in the cave. In the eastern part of this cave a chapel dedicated to St Athanasius was installed in Christian times.