Sacred promontory
Sacred promontory or sacred cape or holy promontory or cape was a name assigned by the ancient Greeks and Romans to salient promontories extending into large bodies of water at strategic locations, typically containing a temple[1] to the god of the sea.[citation needed] The English translates[clarification needed] Latin sacrum promunturium and ancient Greek ἱερὸν ἀκρωτήριον (hieron akrōtērion).
Some sacred promontories were:
- Cap Corse, northern Corsica
- Cape Fiolente, Crimea (vicinity of Sevastopol)
- Cape Gelidonya, southern coast of Turkey
- Cape Kyllini, located in Kastro-Kyllini, Elis, Greece
- Cape St. Vincent, southern Portugal[2]
- Holyhead, Wales
- Carnsore Point, or possibly Hook Head, Wexford, Ireland
- Pallene, Chalcidice, northern Aegean Sea
- Sagres Point, southern Portugal
- Sounion, near Athens
- Triopium promontorium in Turkey[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Semple, Ellen Churchill (1927). "The Templed Promontories of the Ancient Mediterranean". Geographical Review. 17 (3): 353–386. doi:10.2307/208321. ISSN 0016-7428.
- ^ Allen, James Sloan (1992). "Reflections at the Edge of the World". The Sewanee Review. 100 (4): 565–582. ISSN 0037-3052. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
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