The home of the nymphs is on mountains and in groves, by springs and rivers, in valleys and cool grottoes.
At the entrance to one of them is a bas-relief dedicated to Pan and the Nymphs.
These monuments were originally natural grottoes, which tradition assigned as habitations to the local nymphs.
He was essentially a rustic god,"a wood-spirit conceived in the form of a goat," living in woods and caves, and traversing the tops of the mountains; he protected and gave fertility to flocks; he hunted and fished; and sported and danced with the mountain nymphs.
Moving around The young nymphs crawl around in the sediment.
