<Location> Elefsina (Eleusis site), Suburb of Athens, Greece
Sacred Well is situated at the south to the Great Propylaia (left from the outside). In Classical Antiquity, this was thought to be the Kallikoron (Well of Beautiful Dances). This name comes from the legend that when Demeter, who lost her daughter and desperate, sat down at the well (or fountain), women of Eleusis danced to console her (Pausanias 1.38.6). But the well in question is now thought to be situated in the Telsterion.
The round maisonry around the well probably dates back to the Peisistratid period (6th century BC).
Reference
- Christopher Mee & Antony Spawforth, Greece. An Oxford Archaeological Guide. Oxford/ OUP, 2001, p. 138.
- Robin Barbar, Athens (Blue Guide), London- N.Y. 2002, p. 270.
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