 At the observation in her honour on the second day of the month Gorpiaeus, a young man lay on the ground and vicariously experienced the throes of labour.The sacred grove in which the shrine was located was denominated the "Grove of Aphrodite-Ariadne".According to Cypriote legend, Ariadne's tomb was located within the "temenos" of the sanctuary of Aphrodite-Ariadne.