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subject	book bibliographic info
amphiareion	Hitch (2017) 117, 162 Johnston (2008) 91, 93, 94, 95
amphiareion, abstention from oropos beans, ?	Renberg (2017) 625, 626
amphiareion, abstention from wine, oropos	Renberg (2017) 625, 626
amphiareion, alignment with oropos	Wilding (2022) 6, 7, 169, 193, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 263
amphiareion, altar	Wilding (2022) 40, 63, 66, 133
amphiareion, amphilochos, at oropos	Renberg (2017) 320
amphiareion, amphilochos, in rhamnous relief, ?	Renberg (2017) 652, 653
amphiareion, anatomical dedication, rhamnous	Renberg (2017) 294, 295
amphiareion, anatomical dedications, oropos	Renberg (2017) 290, 291, 292
amphiareion, animal sacrifice in leges sacrae linked to oropos incubation, ?	Renberg (2017) 284, 285, 286
amphiareion, aqueduct	Wilding (2022) 59, 61, 62, 65, 104, 105
amphiareion, archinos relief, oropos	Renberg (2017) 272, 273, 283, 284, 650, 651
amphiareion, asylia, and the	Wilding (2022) 13, 126, 128, 129, 130, 137, 167, 198, 199, 200, 211, 236, 238, 260, 263, 265
amphiareion, at oropos	Ekroth (2013) 30
amphiareion, at rhamnous	Wilding (2022) 98, 108, 151
amphiareion, at thebes, ?	Wilding (2022) 1, 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 129
amphiareion, athenian patronage, oropos	Renberg (2017) 675, 676
amphiareion, athens, athenians, and the	Wilding (2022) 6, 63, 150, 240
amphiareion, athens, euxenipposs consultation at oropos	Renberg (2017) 311, 391, 676
amphiareion, bath complexes and bathing, oropos	Renberg (2017) 163, 289
amphiareion, bathhouse	Wilding (2022) 61, 62, 63, 65, 75, 104, 105, 107
amphiareion, bedding materials brought from oropos home, ?	Renberg (2017) 284
amphiareion, bench in incubation stoa, oropos	Renberg (2017) 125, 165, 277
amphiareion, boiotian koinon, and the	Wilding (2022) 70, 71, 72, 78, 79, 80, 121, 125, 126, 161, 169
amphiareion, cornelius sulla, lucius, and the	Wilding (2022) 12, 13, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 239, 240, 249, 263, 264
amphiareion, cult of amphilochos, oropos	Renberg (2017) 320
amphiareion, cure, oropos	Renberg (2017) 262, 288
amphiareion, date of establishment, oropos	Renberg (2017) 674, 675
amphiareion, decrees, concerning the	Wilding (2022) 47, 49, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118
amphiareion, dedicatory formulas and incubation, oropos	Renberg (2017) 290, 312
amphiareion, earliest archaeological evidence, oropos	Renberg (2017) 674, 675
amphiareion, ephebes, and the	Wilding (2022) 47, 97, 109, 265
amphiareion, epigraphic habits, at the	Wilding (2022) 7, 122, 124
amphiareion, epigraphical configuration of	Wilding (2022) 4, 7, 12, 13, 260, 262
amphiareion, epigraphical evidence for healing, oropos	Renberg (2017) 290, 291, 292, 350
amphiareion, eyes represented on archinos relief, oropos	Renberg (2017) 273, 315
amphiareion, fasting, oropos	Renberg (2017) 625, 626
amphiareion, federal proxeny decrees at	Wilding (2022) 122, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171
amphiareion, foundation of	Wilding (2022) 1, 4, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45
amphiareion, fountain at the	Wilding (2022) 61, 62, 63, 65, 75, 88, 107
amphiareion, incubation relief possibly showing fertility treatment, oropos	Renberg (2017) 282
amphiareion, incubation relief, rhamnous	Renberg (2017) 282, 283, 292, 293, 314, 652, 653
amphiareion, incubation reliefs, oropos	Renberg (2017) 223, 282, 650, 651, 652, 659
amphiareion, incubation stoa, original oropos structure	Renberg (2017) 277, 280, 628
amphiareion, incubation stoa, oropos	Renberg (2017) 124, 131, 148, 165, 191, 276, 277, 280, 281, 541, 628
amphiareion, ismeneion, at thebes, near	Renberg (2017) 663
amphiareion, judaeans manumission inscription, oropos	Renberg (2017) 312
amphiareion, leges sacrae pertaining to incubation, oropos	Renberg (2017) 275, 276, 277, 280, 283, 284, 285, 286
amphiareion, literary sources for incubation, oropos	Renberg (2017) 275
amphiareion, localised importance of	Wilding (2022) 4, 6, 81, 125, 133, 136, 250, 252, 262
amphiareion, location, oropos	Renberg (2017) 272
amphiareion, main altar, hygieia sōteira, on oropos	Renberg (2017) 281
amphiareion, main altar, oropos	Renberg (2017) 280, 281
amphiareion, medical instruments, oropos	Renberg (2017) 291
amphiareion, monetary offerings preceding treatment, oropos	Renberg (2017) 285, 286
amphiareion, oracle calling for cults relocation from thebes, oropos	Renberg (2017) 662, 670, 671, 674
amphiareion, oropos	Renberg (2017) 16, 22, 29, 103, 104, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674, 675, 676
amphiareion, peribomios	Wilding (2022) 59, 61, 105, 107
amphiareion, phanodemos, interest in the oropian	Papazarkadas (2011) 45, 46, 47, 48, 86
amphiareion, possible presence of dogs, oropos	Renberg (2017) 282, 283
amphiareion, presence of bench, rhamnous	Renberg (2017) 293
amphiareion, presence of neokoroi, oropos	Renberg (2017) 228, 275, 276, 285, 290
amphiareion, proxeny decrees, decrees of proxenia, earliest decrees at the	Wilding (2022) 11, 77, 78, 80, 138, 149, 150, 155
amphiareion, public identification of those incubating, oropos	Renberg (2017) 276, 277
amphiareion, purificatory sacrifices preceding incubation, oropos	Renberg (2017) 253, 254, 281, 282
amphiareion, purity requirements forincubation, oropos	Renberg (2017) 243
amphiareion, ram sacrifice preceding incubation and use of oropos skin ?	Renberg (2017) 253, 254, 255, 256, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 314, 315
amphiareion, relief including kistē, rhamnous	Renberg (2017) 222
amphiareion, rhamnous	Renberg (2017) 187, 272, 293, 294, 295, 308, 672, 673
amphiareion, sacked by oropos thebes, ?	Renberg (2017) 661, 662
amphiareion, sacred animals, greek, serpents at oropos	Renberg (2017) 215, 223, 273, 550
amphiareion, sacred spring	Wilding (2022) 59, 61, 65, 104, 105, 107, 108
amphiareion, sacred spring, spring of oropos amphiaraos	Renberg (2017) 240, 245, 246, 262, 288, 289, 290
amphiareion, sacrificial animals, oropos	Renberg (2017) 222, 254, 281, 282
amphiareion, scholarship on	Wilding (2022) 1, 10, 11, 12, 13
amphiareion, sexes sleeping separately, oropos	Renberg (2017) 280, 281, 628, 630, 631, 633
amphiareion, stoa	Wilding (2022) 55, 66, 70, 71, 72, 107, 233, 250
amphiareion, temple	Wilding (2022) 63, 108, 191, 193, 216, 233, 250, 260
amphiareion, temple inventories and gender disparity among oropos cure-seekers, ?	Renberg (2017) 280
amphiareion, temple inventories recording anatomical dedications, oropos	Renberg (2017) 291, 350
amphiareion, temple inventories recording eyes and ears, oropos	Renberg (2017) 353
amphiareion, temple inventories, oropos	Renberg (2017) 280, 291
amphiareion, terms for incubation in leges sacrae, oropos	Renberg (2017) 10
amphiareion, theatre	Wilding (2022) 41, 69, 230
amphiareion, theatre of the altar	Wilding (2022) 40, 61, 65, 107
amphiareion, thebes, greece, knopia as site of	Renberg (2017) 662, 663, 664, 666, 667, 669, 670, 671, 672, 673, 674
amphiareion, thermai	Wilding (2022) 104
amphiareion, thesauros, oropos	Renberg (2017) 286
amphiareion, uses of water, oropos	Renberg (2017) 239, 241, 288, 289, 290
amphiareion, viewed as original, amphiareion, oropos	Renberg (2017) 660
amphiareion, visit of euxenipposs delegation, oropos	Renberg (2017) 311, 391, 676
amphiareions, clientele, amphiaraos, theban	Renberg (2017) 671, 674, 675
amphiareions, location, amphiaraos, theban	Renberg (2017) 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 668, 669

List of validated texts:

13 validated results for "amphiareion"

1. None, None, nan (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions location • Amphiareion • Amphiareion, at Thebes (?) • Amphiareion, foundation of • Asylia, and the Amphiareion • Ephebes, and the Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion • Rhamnous Amphiareion • Thebes (Greece), Knopia as site of Amphiareion

Found in books: Johnston (2008) 93; Renberg (2017) 665, 672; Wilding (2022) 42, 265

2. Herodotus, Histories, 1.49, 1.52, 8.134 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions clientele • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions location • Amphiareion • Amphiareion, at Thebes (?) • Amphiareion, federal proxeny decrees at • Amphiareion, foundation of • Asylia, and the Amphiareion • Athens, Euxenipposs consultation at Oropos Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion, oracle calling for cults relocation from Thebes • Oropos Amphiareion, sacked by Thebes(?) • Oropos Amphiareion, viewed as original Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion, visit of Euxenipposs delegation • Thebes (Greece), Knopia as site of Amphiareion

Found in books: Johnston (2008) 94, 95; Renberg (2017) 103, 310, 311, 660, 661, 669, 671; Wilding (2022) 42, 129, 166

1.49. τὰ μὲν δὴ ἐκ Δελφῶν οὕτω τῷ, Κροίσῳ ἐχρήσθη· κατὰ δὲ τὴν Ἀμφιάρεω τοῦ μαντηίου ὑπόκρισιν, οὐκ ἔχω εἰπεῖν ὅ τι τοῖσι Λυδοῖσι ἔχρησε ποιήσασι περὶ τὸ ἱρὸν τὰ νομιζόμενα ʽοὐ γὰρ ὦν οὐδὲ τοῦτο λέγεταἰ, ἄλλο γε ἢ ὅτι καὶ τοῦτο ἐνόμισε μαντήιον ἀψευδὲς ἐκτῆσθαι.
1.52. ταῦτα μὲν ἐς Δελφοὺς ἀπέπεμψε, τῷ δὲ Ἀμφιάρεῳ, πυθόμενος αὐτοῦ τήν τε ἀρετὴν καὶ τὴν πάθην, ἀνέθηκε σάκος τε χρύσεον πᾶν ὁμοίως καὶ αἰχμὴν στερεὴν πᾶσαν χρυσέην, τὸ ξυστὸν τῇσι λόγχῃσι ἐὸν ὁμοίως χρύσεον· τὰ ἔτι καὶ ἀμφότερα ἐς ἐμὲ ἦν κείμενα ἐν Θήβῃσι καὶ Θηβέων ἐν τῳ νηῷ τοῦ Ἰσμηνίου Ἀπόλλωνος.
8.134. οὗτος ὁ Μῦς ἔς τε Λεβάδειαν φαίνεται ἀπικόμενος καὶ μισθῷ πείσας τῶν ἐπιχωρίων ἄνδρα καταβῆναι παρὰ Τροφώνιον, καὶ ἐς Ἄβας τὰς Φωκέων ἀπικόμενος ἐπὶ τὸ χρηστήριον· καὶ δὴ καὶ ἐς Θήβας πρῶτα ὡς ἀπίκετο, τοῦτο μὲν τῷ Ἰσμηνίῳ Ἀπόλλωνι ἐχρήσατο· ἔστι δὲ κατά περ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ ἱροῖσι αὐτόθι χρηστηριάζεσθαι· τοῦτο δὲ ξεῖνον τινὰ καὶ οὐ Θηβαῖον χρήμασι πείσας κατεκοίμησε ἐς Ἀμφιάρεω. Θηβαίων δὲ οὐδενὶ ἔξεστι μαντεύεσθαι αὐτόθι διὰ τόδε· ἐκέλευσε σφέας ὁ Ἀμφιάρεως διὰ χρηστηρίων ποιεύμενος ὁκότερα βούλονται ἑλέσθαι τούτων, ἑωυτῷ ἢ ἅτε μάντι χρᾶσθαι ἢ ἅτε συμμάχῳ, τοῦ ἑτέρου ἀπεχομένους· οἳ δὲ σύμμαχόν μιν εἵλοντο εἶναι. διὰ τοῦτο μὲν οὐκ ἔξεστι Θηβαίων οὐδενὶ αὐτόθι ἐγκατακοιμηθῆναι.''. None

1.49. Such, then, was the answer from Delphi delivered to Croesus. As to the reply which the Lydians received from the oracle of Amphiaraus when they had followed the due custom of the temple, I cannot say what it was, for nothing is recorded of it, except that Croesus believed that from this oracle too he had obtained a true answer.
1.52. Such were the gifts which he sent to Delphi . To Amphiaraus, of whose courage and fate he had heard, he dedicated a shield made entirely of gold and a spear all of solid gold, point and shaft alike. Both of these were until my time at Thebes, in the Theban temple of Ismenian Apollo.
8.134. This man Mys is known to have gone to Lebadea and to have bribed a man of the country to go down into the cave of Trophonius and to have gone to the place of divination at Abae in Phocis. He went first to Thebes where he inquired of Ismenian Apollo (sacrifice is there the way of divination, as at Olympia), and moreover he bribed one who was no Theban but a stranger to lie down to sleep in the shrine of Amphiaraus. ,No Theban may seek a prophecy there, for Amphiaraus bade them by an oracle to choose which of the two they wanted and forgo the other, and take him either for their prophet or for their ally. They chose that he should be their ally. Therefore no Theban may lie down to sleep in that place. ''. None

3. Thucydides, The History of The Peloponnesian War, 8.60.1 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Altar (Amphiareion) • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions location • Amphiareion, foundation of • Decrees, concerning the Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion, oracle calling for cults relocation from Thebes • Oropos Amphiareion, sacked by Thebes(?) • Theatre (Amphiareion) • Theatre of the altar (Amphiareion) • Thebes (Greece), Knopia as site of Amphiareion

Found in books: Renberg (2017) 662; Wilding (2022) 40, 41, 49

8.60.1. Βοιωτοὶ δὲ τελευτῶντος ἤδη τοῦ χειμῶνος Ὠρωπὸν εἷλον προδοσίᾳ, Ἀθηναίων ἐμφρουρούντων. ξυνέπραξαν δὲ Ἐρετριῶν τε ἄνδρες καὶ αὐτῶν Ὠρωπίων, ἐπιβουλεύοντες ἀπόστασιν τῆς Εὐβοίας: ἐπὶ γὰρ τῇ Ἐρετρίᾳ τὸ χωρίον ὂν ἀδύνατα ἦν Ἀθηναίων ἐχόντων μὴ οὐ μεγάλα βλάπτειν καὶ Ἐρέτριαν καὶ τὴν ἄλλην Εὔβοιαν.''. None

8.60.1. Winter was now drawing towards its close, when the Boeotians took Oropus by treachery, though held by an Athenian garrison. Their accomplices in this were some of the Eretrians and of the Oropians themselves, who were plotting the revolt of Euboea, as the place was exactly opposite Eretria, and while in Athenian hands was necessarily a source of great annoyance to Eretria and the rest of Euboea . ''. None

4. None, None, nan (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Athens, Euxenipposs consultation at Oropos Amphiareion • Decrees, concerning the Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion, Athenian patronage • Oropos Amphiareion, leges sacrae pertaining to incubation • Oropos Amphiareion, literary sources for incubation • Oropos Amphiareion, presence of neokoroi • Oropos Amphiareion, visit of Euxenipposs delegation • Phanodemos, interest in the Oropian Amphiareion

Found in books: Papazarkadas (2011) 45; Renberg (2017) 275, 311, 391, 676; Wilding (2022) 93, 94

5. Cicero, On Divination, 1.88 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions location • Amphiareion, alignment with Oropos • Oropos Amphiareion • Thebes (Greece), Knopia as site of Amphiareion

Found in books: Renberg (2017) 667, 668; Wilding (2022) 197

1.88. Amphilochus et Mopsus Argivorum reges fuerunt, sed iidem augures, iique urbis in ora marituma Ciliciae Graecas condiderunt; atque etiam ante hos Amphiaraus et Tiresias non humiles et obscuri neque eorum similes, ut apud Ennium est, Quí sui quaestus caúsa fictas súscitant senténtias, sed clari et praestantes viri, qui avibus et signis admoniti futura dicebant; quorum de altero etiam apud inferos Homerus ait solum sapere, ceteros umbrarum vagari modo ; Amphiaraum autem sic honoravit fama Graeciae, deus ut haberetur, atque ut ab eius solo, in quo est humatus, oracla peterentur.''. None

1.88. Amphilochus and Mopsus were kings of Argos, but they were augurs too, and they founded Greek cities on the coasts of Cilicia. And even before them were Amphiaraus and Tiresias. They were no lowly and unknown men, nor were they like the person described by Ennius,Who, for their own gain, uphold opinions that are false,but they were eminent men of the noblest type and foretold the future by means of augural signs. In speaking of Tiresias, even when in the infernal regions, Homer says that he alone was wise, that the rest were mere wandering shadows. As for Amphiaraus, his reputation in Greece was such that he was honoured as a god, and oracular responses were sought in the place where he was buried.''. None

6. Diodorus Siculus, Historical Library, 14.17.1-14.17.3 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions location • Boiotian koinon, and the Amphiareion • Decrees, concerning the Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion, oracle calling for cults relocation from Thebes • Oropos Amphiareion, sacked by Thebes(?) • Proxeny decrees, decrees of proxenia, earliest decrees at the Amphiareion • Thebes (Greece), Knopia as site of Amphiareion

Found in books: Renberg (2017) 662; Wilding (2022) 50, 80

14.17.1. \xa0At the close of the year Micion was archon in Athens, and in Rome three military tribunes took over the consular magistracy, Titus Quinctius, Gaius Julius, and Aulus Mamilus. After these magistrates had entered office, the inhabitants of Oropus fell into civil strife and exiled some of their citizens. 14.17.2. \xa0For a time the exiles undertook to effect their return by their own resources, but finding themselves unable to carry through their purpose, they persuaded the Thebans to send an army to assist them. 14.17.3. \xa0The Thebans took the field against the Oropians, and becoming masters of the city, resettled the inhabitants some seven stades from the sea; and for some time they allowed them to have their own government, but after this they gave them Theban citizenship and attached their territory to Boeotia.''. None

7. Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3.6.8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions location • Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion • Thebes (Greece), Knopia as site of Amphiareion

Found in books: Johnston (2008) 93; Renberg (2017) 664

3.6.8. τούτου δὲ γενομένου τροπὴ 4 -- τῶν Ἀργείων γίνεται. ὡς δὲ ἀπώλλυντο πολλοί, δόξαν ἑκατέροις τοῖς στρατεύμασιν Ἐτεοκλῆς καὶ Πολυνείκης περὶ τῆς βασιλείας μονομαχοῦσι, καὶ κτείνουσιν ἀλλήλους. καρτερᾶς δὲ πάλιν γενομένης μάχης οἱ Ἀστακοῦ 1 -- παῖδες ἠρίστευσαν· Ἴσμαρος μὲν γὰρ Ἱππομέδοντα ἀπέκτεινε, Λεάδης δὲ Ἐτέοκλον, Ἀμφίδικος δὲ Παρθενοπαῖον. ὡς δὲ Εὐριπίδης φησί, Παρθενοπαῖον ὁ Ποσειδῶνος παῖς Περικλύμενος ἀπέκτεινε. Μελάνιππος δὲ ὁ λοιπὸς τῶν Ἀστακοῦ 2 -- παίδων εἰς τὴν γαστέρα Τυδέα τιτρώσκει. ἡμιθνῆτος δὲ αὐτοῦ κειμένου παρὰ Διὸς αἰτησαμένη Ἀθηνᾶ φάρμακον ἤνεγκε, διʼ οὗ ποιεῖν ἔμελλεν ἀθάνατον αὐτόν. Ἀμφιάραος δὲ αἰσθόμενος τοῦτο, μισῶν Τυδέα ὅτι παρὰ τὴν ἐκείνου γνώμην εἰς Θήβας ἔπεισε τοὺς Ἀργείους στρατεύεσθαι, τὴν Μελανίππου κεφαλὴν ἀποτεμὼν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ τιτρωσκόμενος δὲ Τυδεὺς ἔκτεινεν αὐτόν . 3 -- ὁ δὲ διελὼν τὸν ἐγκέφαλον ἐξερρόφησεν. ὡς δὲ εἶδεν Ἀθηνᾶ, μυσαχθεῖσα τὴν εὐεργεσίαν ἐπέσχε τε καὶ ἐφθόνησεν. Ἀμφιαράῳ δὲ φεύγοντι παρὰ ποταμὸν Ἰσμηνόν, πρὶν ὑπὸ Περικλυμένου τὰ νῶτα τρωθῇ, Ζεὺς κεραυνὸν βαλὼν τὴν γῆν διέστησεν. ὁ δὲ σὺν τῷ ἅρματι καὶ τῷ ἡνιόχῳ Βάτωνι, ὡς δὲ ἔνιοι Ἐλάτωνι, 1 -- ἐκρύφθη, καὶ Ζεὺς ἀθάνατον αὐτὸν ἐποίησεν. Ἄδραστον δὲ μόνον ἵππος διέσωσεν Ἀρείων· τοῦτον ἐκ Ποσειδῶνος ἐγέννησε Δημήτηρ εἰκασθεῖσα ἐρινύι κατὰ τὴν συνουσίαν.''. None

3.6.8. When that befell, the Argives turned to flee. And as many fell, Eteocles and Polynices, by the resolution of both armies, fought a single combat for the kingdom, and slew each other. In another fierce battle the sons of Astacus did doughty deeds; for Ismarus slew Hippomedon, Leades slew Eteoclus, and Amphidicus slew Parthenopaeus. But Euripides says that Parthenopaeus was slain by Periclymenus, son of Poseidon. And Melanippus, the remaining one of the sons of Astacus, wounded Tydeus in the belly. As he lay half dead, Athena brought a medicine which she had begged of Zeus, and by which she intended to make him immortal. But Amphiaraus hated Tydeus for thwarting him by persuading the Argives to march to Thebes ; so when he perceived the intention of the goddess he cut off the head of Melanippus and gave it to Tydeus, who, wounded though he was, had killed him. And Tydeus split open the head and gulped up the brains. But when Athena saw that, in disgust she grudged and withheld the intended benefit. Amphiaraus fled beside the river Ismenus, and before Periclymenus could wound him in the back, Zeus cleft the earth by throwing a thunderbolt, and Amphiaraus vanished with his chariot and his charioteer Baton, or, as some say, Elato; and Zeus made him immortal. Adrastus alone was saved by his horse Arion. That horse Poseidon begot on Demeter, when in the likeness of a Fury she consorted with him.''. None

8. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.34.1-1.34.5, 9.8.3 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Altar (Amphiareion) • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions clientele • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions location • Amphiareion • Amphiareion, at Rhamnous • Amphiareion, at Thebes (?) • Amphiareion, epigraphical configuration of • Amphiareion, foundation of • Amphiareion, localised importance of • Amphiareion, scholarship on • Amphilochos, at Oropos Amphiareion • Aqueduct (Amphiareion) • Bathhouse (Amphiareion) • Boiotian koinon, and the Amphiareion • Decrees, concerning the Amphiareion • Fountain, at the Amphiareion • Hygieia Sōteira, on Oropos Amphiareion main altar • Ismeneion (at Thebes), near Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion, Judaeans manumission inscription • Oropos Amphiareion, cult of Amphilochos • Oropos Amphiareion, cure • Oropos Amphiareion, dedicatory formulas and incubation • Oropos Amphiareion, incubation stoa • Oropos Amphiareion, main altar • Oropos Amphiareion, oracle calling for cults relocation from Thebes • Oropos Amphiareion, purificatory sacrifices preceding incubation • Oropos Amphiareion, ram sacrifice preceding incubation and use of skin(?) • Oropos Amphiareion, sacred spring (Spring of Amphiaraos) • Oropos Amphiareion, sacrificial animals • Oropos Amphiareion, sexes sleeping separately • Oropos Amphiareion, uses of water • Peribomios (Amphiareion) • Proxeny decrees, decrees of proxenia, earliest decrees at the Amphiareion • Rhamnous Amphiareion • Rhamnous Amphiareion, incubation relief • Sacred spring (Amphiareion) • Stoa (Amphiareion) • Temple (Amphiareion) • Theatre of the altar (Amphiareion) • Thebes (Greece), Knopia as site of Amphiareion

Found in books: Hitch (2017) 117; Renberg (2017) 240, 245, 253, 254, 262, 281, 288, 312, 313, 314, 320, 663, 664, 667, 668, 671, 672; Stephens and Winkler (1995) 443; Wilding (2022) 4, 11, 39, 43, 61, 66, 70, 93, 108

1.34.1. τὴν δὲ γῆν τὴν Ὠρωπίαν μεταξὺ τῆς Ἀττικῆς καὶ Ταναγρικῆς, Βοιωτίαν τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὖσαν, ἔχουσιν ἐφʼ ἡμῶν Ἀθηναῖοι, πολεμήσαντες μὲν τὸν πάντα ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς χρόνον, κτησάμενοι δὲ οὐ πρότερον βεβαίως πρὶν ἢ Φίλιππος Θήβας ἑλὼν ἔδωκέ σφισιν. ἡ μὲν οὖν πόλις ἐστὶν ἐπὶ θαλάσσης μέγα οὐδὲν ἐς συγγραφὴν παρεχομένη· ἀπέχει δὲ δώδεκα τῆς πόλεως σταδίους μάλιστα ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἀμφιαράου. 1.34.2. λέγεται δὲ Ἀμφιαράῳ φεύγοντι ἐκ Θηβῶν διαστῆναι τὴν γῆν καὶ ὡς αὐτὸν ὁμοῦ καὶ τὸ ἅρμα ὑπεδέξατο· πλὴν οὐ ταύτῃ συμβῆναί φασιν, ἀλλά ἐστιν ἐκ Θηβῶν ἰοῦσιν ἐς Χαλκίδα Ἅρμα καλούμενον. θεὸν δὲ Ἀμφιάραον πρώτοις Ὠρωπίοις κατέστη νομίζειν, ὕστερον δὲ καὶ οἱ πάντες Ἕλληνες ἥγηνται. καταλέξαι δὲ καὶ ἄλλους ἔχω γενομένους τότε ἀνθρώπους, οἳ θεῶν παρʼ Ἕλλησι τιμὰς ἔχουσι, τοῖς δὲ καὶ ἀνάκεινται πόλεις, Ἐλεοῦς ἐν Χερρονήσῳ Πρωτεσιλάῳ, Λεβάδεια Βοιωτῶν Τροφωνίῳ· καὶ Ὠρωπίοις ναός τέ ἐστιν Ἀμφιαράου καὶ ἄγαλμα λευκοῦ λίθου. 1.34.3. παρέχεται δὲ ὁ βωμὸς μέρη· τὸ μὲν Ἡρακλέους καὶ Διὸς καὶ Ἀπόλλωνός ἐστι Παιῶνος, τὸ δὲ ἥρωσι καὶ ἡρώων ἀνεῖται γυναιξί, τρίτον δὲ Ἑστίας καὶ Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἀμφιαράου καὶ τῶν παίδων Ἀμφιλόχου· Ἀλκμαίων δὲ διὰ τὸ ἐς Ἐριφύλην ἔργον οὔτε ἐν Ἀμφιαράου τινά, οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ παρὰ τῷ Ἀμφιλόχῳ τιμὴν ἔχει. τετάρτη δέ ἐστι τοῦ βωμοῦ μοῖρα Ἀφροδίτης καὶ Πανακείας, ἔτι δὲ Ἰασοῦς καὶ Ὑγείας καὶ Ἀθηνᾶς Παιωνίας· πέμπτη δὲ πεποίηται νύμφαις καὶ Πανὶ καὶ ποταμοῖς Ἀχελῴῳ καὶ Κηφισῷ. τῷ δὲ Ἀμφιλόχῳ καὶ παρʼ Ἀθηναίοις ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ πόλει βωμὸς καὶ Κιλικίας ἐν Μαλλῷ μαντεῖον ἀψευδέστατον τῶν ἐπʼ ἐμοῦ. 1.34.4. ἔστι δὲ Ὠρωπίοις πηγὴ πλησίον τοῦ ναοῦ, ἣν Ἀμφιαράου καλοῦσιν, οὔτε θύοντες οὐδὲν ἐς αὐτὴν οὔτʼ ἐπὶ καθαρσίοις ἢ χέρνιβι χρῆσθαι νομίζοντες· νόσου δὲ ἀκεσθείσης ἀνδρὶ μαντεύματος γενομένου καθέστηκεν ἄργυρον ἀφεῖναι καὶ χρυσὸν ἐπίσημον ἐς τὴν πηγήν, ταύτῃ γὰρ ἀνελθεῖν τὸν Ἀμφιάραον λέγουσιν ἤδη θεόν. Ἰοφῶν δὲ Κνώσσιος τῶν ἐξηγητῶν χρησμοὺς ἐν ἑξαμέτρῳ παρείχετο, Ἀμφιάραον χρῆσαι φάμενος τοῖς ἐς Θήβας σταλεῖσιν Ἀργείων. ταῦτα τὰ ἔπη τὸ ἐς τοὺς πολλοὺς ἐπαγωγὸν ἀκρατῶς εἶχε· χωρὶς δὲ πλὴν ὅσους ἐξ Ἀπόλλωνος μανῆναι λέγουσι τὸ ἀρχαῖον, μάντεών γʼ οὐδεὶς χρησμολόγος ἦν, ἀγαθοὶ δὲ ὀνείρατα ἐξηγήσασθαι καὶ διαγνῶναι πτήσεις ὀρνίθων καὶ σπλάγχνα ἱερείων. 1.34.5. δοκῶ δὲ Ἀμφιάραον ὀνειράτων διακρίσει μάλιστα προ ς κεῖσθαι· δῆλος δέ, ἡνίκα ἐνομίσθη θεός, διʼ ὀνειράτων μαντικὴν καταστησάμενος. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν καθήρασθαι νομίζουσιν ὅστις ἦλθεν Ἀμφιαράῳ χρησόμενος· ἔστι δὲ καθάρσιον τῷ θεῷ θύειν, θύουσι δὲ καὶ αὐτῷ καὶ πᾶσιν ὅσοις ἐστὶν ἐπὶ τῷ βωμῷ τὰ ὀνόματα· προεξειργασμένων δὲ τούτων κριὸν θύσαντες καὶ τὸ δέρμα ὑποστρωσάμενοι καθεύδουσιν ἀναμένοντες δήλωσιν ὀνείρατος.
9.8.3. ἐκ δὲ τῶν Ποτνιῶν ἰοῦσιν ἐς Θήβας ἔστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ περίβολος τῆς ὁδοῦ τε οὐ μέγας καὶ κίονες ἐν αὐτῷ· διαστῆναι δὲ Ἀμφιαράῳ τὴν γῆν ταύτῃ νομίζουσιν, ἐπιλέγοντες καὶ τάδε ἔτι, μήτε ὄρνιθας ἐπὶ τῶν κιόνων καθέζεσθαι τούτων μήτε πόαν τὴν ἐνταῦθα μήτε ἥμερον ζῷον μήτε τῶν ἀγρίων νέμεσθαι.''. None

1.34.1. The land of Oropus, between Attica and the land of Tanagra, which originally belonged to Boeotia, in our time belongs to the Athenians, who always fought for it but never won secure pos session until Philip gave it to them after taking Thebes . The city is on the coast and affords nothing remarkable to record. About twelve stades from the city is a sanctuary of Amphiaraus. 1.34.2. Legend says that when Amphiaraus was exiled from Thebes the earth opened and swallowed both him and his chariot. Only they say that the incident did not happen here, the place called the Chariot being on the road from Thebes to Chalcis . The divinity of Amphiaraus was first established among the Oropians, from whom afterwards all the Greeks received the cult. I can enumerate other men also born at this time who are worshipped among the Greeks as gods; some even have cities dedicated to them, such as Eleus in Chersonnesus dedicated to Protesilaus, and Lebadea of the Boeotians dedicated to Trophonius. The Oropians have both a temple and a white marble statue of Amphiaraus. 1.34.3. The altar shows parts. One part is to Heracles, Zeus, and Apollo Healer, another is given up to heroes and to wives of heroes, the third is to Hestia and Hermes and Amphiaraus and the children of Amphilochus. But Alcmaeon, because of his treatment of Eriphyle, is honored neither in the temple of Amphiaraus nor yet with Amphilochus. The fourth portion of the altar is to Aphrodite and Panacea, and further to Iaso, Health and Athena Healer. The fifth is dedicated to the nymphs and to Pan, and to the rivers Achelous and Cephisus. The Athenians too have an altar to Amphilochus in the city, and there is at Mallus in Cilicia an oracle of his which is the most trustworthy of my day. 1.34.4. The Oropians have near the temple a spring, which they call the Spring of Amphiaraus; they neither sacrifice into it nor are wont to use it for purifications or for lustral water. But when a man has been cured of a disease through a response the custom is to throw silver and coined gold into the spring, for by this way they say that Amphiaraus rose up after he had become a god. Iophon the Cnossian, a guide, produced responses in hexameter verse, saying that Amphiaraus gave them to the Argives who were sent against Thebes . These verses unrestrainedly appealed to popular taste. Except those whom they say Apollo inspired of old none of the seers uttered oracles, but they were good at explaining dreams and interpreting the flights of birds and the entrails of victims. 1.34.5. My opinion is that Amphiaraus devoted him self most to the exposition of dreams. It is manifest that, when his divinity was established, it was a dream oracle that he set up. One who has come to consult Amphiaraus is wont first to purify himself. The mode of purification is to sacrifice to the god, and they sacrifice not only to him but also to all those whose names are on the altar. And when all these things have been first done, they sacrifice a ram, and, spreading the skin under them, go to sleep and await enlightenment in a dream.
9.8.3. On the way from Potniae to Thebes there is on the right of the road a small enclosure with pillars in it. Here they think the earth opened to receive Amphiaraus, and they add further that neither do birds sit upon these pillars, nor will a beast, tame or wild, graze on the grass that grows here.''. None

9. Strabo, Geography, 6.3.9, 9.1.22, 9.2.10
Tagged with subjects: • Amphiaraos, Theban Amphiareions location • Amphiareion • Amphiareion, at Thebes (?) • Amphiareion, foundation of • Oropos Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion, Archinos relief • Oropos Amphiareion, location • Oropos Amphiareion, oracle calling for cults relocation from Thebes • Oropos Amphiareion, ram sacrifice preceding incubation and use of skin(?) • Oropos Amphiareion, sacked by Thebes(?) • Rhamnous Amphiareion • Rhamnous Amphiareion, incubation relief • Thebes (Greece), Knopia as site of Amphiareion

Found in books: Johnston (2008) 91; Renberg (2017) 272, 314, 662, 666, 667, 668, 672; Wilding (2022) 38, 39

6.3.9. From Barium to the Aufidus River, on which is the Emporium of the Canusitae is four hundred stadia and the voyage inland to Emporium is ninety. Near by is also Salapia, the seaport of the Argyrippini. For not far above the sea (in the plain, at all events) are situated two cities, Canusium and Argyrippa, which in earlier times were the largest of the Italiote cities, as is clear from the circuits of their walls. Now, however, Argyrippa is smaller; it was called Argos Hippium at first, then Argyrippa, and then by the present name Arpi. Both are said to have been founded by Diomedes. And as signs of the dominion of Diomedes in these regions are to be seen the Plain of Diomedes and many other things, among which are the old votive offerings in the sanctuary of Athene at Luceria — a place which likewise was in ancient times a city of the Daunii, but is now reduced — and, in the sea near by, two islands that are called the Islands of Diomedes, of which one is inhabited, while the other, it is said, is desert; on the latter, according to certain narrators of myths, Diomedes was caused to disappear, and his companions were changed to birds, and to this day, in fact, remain tame and live a sort of human life, not only in their orderly ways but also in their tameness towards honorable men and in their flight from wicked and knavish men. But I have already mentioned the stories constantly told among the Heneti about this hero and the rites which are observed in his honor. It is thought that Sipus also was founded by Diomedes, which is about one hundred and forty stadia distant from Salapia; at any rate it was named Sepius in Greek after the sepia that are cast ashore by the waves. Between Salapia and Sipus is a navigable river, and also a large lake that opens into the sea; and the merchandise from Sipus, particularly grain, is brought down on both. In Daunia, on a hill by the name of Drium, are to be seen two hero-temples: one, to Calchas, on the very summit, where those who consult the oracle sacrifice to his shade a black ram and sleep in the hide, and the other, to Podaleirius, down near the base of the hill, this sanctuary being about one hundred stadia distant from the sea; and from it flows a stream which is a cure-all for diseases of animals. In front of this gulf is a promontory, Garganum, which extends towards the east for a distance of three hundred stadia into the high sea; doubling the headland, one comes to a small town, Urium, and off the headland are to be seen the Islands of Diomedes. This whole country produces everything in great quantity, and is excellent for horses and sheep; but though the wool is softer than the Tarantine, it is not so glossy. And the country is well sheltered, because the plains lie in hollows. According to some, Diomedes even tried to cut a canal as far as the sea, but left behind both this and the rest of his undertakings only half-finished, because he was summoned home and there ended his life. This is one account of him; but there is also a second, that he stayed here till the end of his life; and a third, the aforesaid mythical account, which tells of his disappearance in the island; and as a fourth one might set down the account of the Heneti, for they too tell a mythical story of how he in some way came to his end in their country, and they call it his apotheosis.
9.1.22. On doubling the cape of Sounion one comes to Sounion, a noteworthy deme; then to Thoricus; then to a deme called Potamus, whose inhabitants are called Potamii; then to Prasia, to Steiria, to Brauron, where is the sanctuary of the Artemis Brauronia, to Halae Araphenides, where is the sanctuary of Artemis Tauropolos, to Myrrinus, to Probalinthus, and to Marathon, where Miltiades utterly destroyed the forces under Datis the Persian, without waiting for the Lacedemonians, who came too late because they wanted the full moon. Here, too, is the scene of the myth of the Marathonian bull, which was slain by Theseus. After Marathon one comes to Tricorynthus; then to Rhamnus, the sanctuary of Nemesis; then to Psaphis, the land of the Oropians. In the neighborhood of Psaphis is the Amphiaraeium, an oracle once held in honor, where in his flight Amphiaraus, as Sophocles says, with four-horse chariot, armour and all, was received by a cleft that was made in the Theban dust. Oropus has often been disputed territory; for it is situated on the common boundary of Attica and Boeotia. off this coast are islands: off Thoricus and Sounion lies the island Helene; it is rugged and deserted, and in its length of about sixty stadia extends parallel to the coast. This island, they say, is mentioned by the poet where Alexander says to Helen: Not even when first I snatched thee from lovely Lacedemon and sailed with thee on the seafaring ships, and in the island Cranae joined with thee in love and couch; for he calls Cranae the island now called Helene from the fact that the intercourse took place there. And after Helene comes Euboea, which lies off the next stretch of coast; it likewise is narrow and long and in length lies parallel to the mainland, like Helene. The voyage from Sounion to the southerly promontory of Euboea, which is called Leuce Acte, is three hundred stadia. However, I shall discuss Euboea later; but as for the demes in the interior of Attica, it would be tedious to recount them because of their great number.' "
9.2.10. Near Oropus is a place called Graea, and also the sanctuary of Amphiaraus, and the monument of Narcissus the Eretrian, which is called Sigelus's, because people pass it in silence. Some say that Graea is the same as Tanagra. The Poemandrian territory is the same as the Tanagraean; and the Tanagraeans are also called Gephyraeans. The sanctuary of Amphiaraus was transferred hither in accordance with an oracle from the Theban Cnopia."'. None

10. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Amphiareion, scholarship on • Boiotian koinon, and the Amphiareion • Decrees, concerning the Amphiareion • Phanodemos, interest in the Oropian Amphiareion • Proxeny decrees, decrees of proxenia, earliest decrees at the Amphiareion

Found in books: Papazarkadas (2011) 46, 86; Wilding (2022) 10, 80, 94, 95

11. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Amphiareion, alignment with Oropos • Amphiareion, localised importance of • Athens, Athenians, and the Amphiareion • Decrees, concerning the Amphiareion • Phanodemos, interest in the Oropian Amphiareion

Found in books: Papazarkadas (2011) 48; Wilding (2022) 6, 94, 95, 96, 117

12. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Altar (Amphiareion) • Amphiareion, alignment with Oropos • Amphiareion, at Rhamnous • Amphiareion, epigraphical configuration of • Amphiareion, federal proxeny decrees at • Amphiareion, foundation of • Amphiareion, localised importance of • Aqueduct (Amphiareion) • Asylia, and the Amphiareion • Athens, Athenians, and the Amphiareion • Bathhouse (Amphiareion) • Boiotian koinon, and the Amphiareion • Cornelius Sulla, Lucius, and the Amphiareion • Decrees, concerning the Amphiareion • Ephebes, and the Amphiareion • Fountain, at the Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion • Oropos Amphiareion, Archinos relief • Oropos Amphiareion, anatomical dedications • Oropos Amphiareion, animal sacrifice in leges sacrae linked to incubation(?) • Oropos Amphiareion, bath complexes and bathing • Oropos Amphiareion, bedding materials brought from home(?) • Oropos Amphiareion, bench in incubation stoa • Oropos Amphiareion, epigraphical evidence for healing • Oropos Amphiareion, incubation reliefs • Oropos Amphiareion, incubation stoa • Oropos Amphiareion, incubation stoa (original structure) • Oropos Amphiareion, leges sacrae pertaining to incubation • Oropos Amphiareion, literary sources for incubation • Oropos Amphiareion, main altar • Oropos Amphiareion, medical instruments • Oropos Amphiareion, monetary offerings preceding treatment • Oropos Amphiareion, possible presence of dogs • Oropos Amphiareion, presence of neokoroi • Oropos Amphiareion, public identification of those incubating • Oropos Amphiareion, ram sacrifice preceding incubation and use of skin(?) • Oropos Amphiareion, sacred spring (Spring of Amphiaraos) • Oropos Amphiareion, sexes sleeping separately • Oropos Amphiareion, temple inventories and gender disparity among cure-seekers(?) • Oropos Amphiareion, temple inventories recording anatomical dedications • Oropos Amphiareion, terms for incubation in leges sacrae • Oropos Amphiareion, thesauros • Oropos Amphiareion, uses of water • Peribomios (Amphiareion) • Phanodemos, interest in the Oropian Amphiareion • Proxeny decrees, decrees of proxenia, earliest decrees at the Amphiareion • Rhamnous Amphiareion, incubation relief • Sacred spring (Amphiareion) • Stoa (Amphiareion) • Temple (Amphiareion) • Temple inventories, Oropos Amphiareion • Theatre (Amphiareion) • Theatre of the altar (Amphiareion) • Thermai (Amphiareion)

Found in books: Papazarkadas (2011) 45, 46, 47; Renberg (2017) 10, 16, 191, 228, 275, 276, 277, 280, 283, 284, 285, 286, 289, 291, 628, 650; Wilding (2022) 6, 40, 41, 53, 55, 61, 65, 68, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 95, 100, 101, 104, 105, 107, 108, 113, 114, 115, 116, 126, 164, 170, 230, 262, 264, 265

13. None, None, nan
Tagged with subjects: • Decrees, concerning the Amphiareion • Phanodemos, interest in the Oropian Amphiareion

Found in books: Papazarkadas (2011) 48, 86; Wilding (2022) 50, 94

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