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=== Interior geography === Corycian Cave is the largest cave in the Delphi region.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|title=Parnassus and the Corycian Cave - Archaeological Site of Delphi|url=https://delphi.culture.gr/parnassos/|access-date=2021-12-02|language=en-US}}</ref> Some ancient texts describe Corycian Cave as being located in, "…a large oval depression with high rocky walls, where the best saffron grew; it was filled with an agreeable, shady woodland…and at the bottom there opened an underground cavern."<ref name=":13">{{Cite journal|last=Boon|first=George C.|date=1976|title=Clement of Alexandria, Wookey Hole, and the Corycian Cave|url=http://www.ubss.org.uk/resources/proceedings/vol14/UBSS_Proc_14_2_131-140.pdf|journal=Proceedings of the University of Bristol Spelæological Society|volume=14|pages=131–140 }}</ref> It is thought that the cave was formed after the collapse of an older cave system, possibly due to an earthquake.<ref name=":13" /> The composition of Corycian Cave itself mostly consists of limestone and schist plaques—as is common of the many caves throughout the Delphi region. The structure of Corycian Cave is made up of two central caverns and then gets narrower as it extends deeper.<ref name=":22"/> The length and width of the first chamber is roughly 90x60 meters and the height is roughly 50 meters. The chamber is also filled with stalactites and stalagmites formed out of limestone. One prominent stalagmite in particular known as Table has a relatively large, flat top that was used a depository for votives by worshipers.<ref name=":22"/>
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