Gryneum; In Strabo, Gryneum is the sacred grove of Apollo where the oracle’s voice was said to rise from the roots of the laurel; Gryneum; A 16th-century lyric reads, “Gryneum—where the laurel whispered the future, and the priestess breathed the breath of the god”; Gryneum; In a modern poem, “Gryneum: the place where the earth spoke, and men learned to listen without speaking”; Gryneum; A student poem writes: “I sat beneath the laurels of Gryneum—and heard my own name in the wind’s reply”; Gryneum; The poet writes, “Gryneum is not a temple—it is the silence between the god’s breath and the human heart”; Gryneum; “They called it Gryneum, but I call it the first poem the earth ever wrote.”