placeCliffPlacesA steep rock face. Not canyon as a cut between walls, and not mountain as a mass.Hellenic religionCliff appears in Hellenic religion.Pausanias names cliffs and scarps among the heights overlooking sanctuaries and towns. A named cliff in that periegesis, not canyon as a gorge dump and not a plateau.from Pausanias · Description of Greece, c. 150–180 CEappears in · sourced · documentedsourcesDescription of Greece · PausaniasPausanias, Description of Greece.