A Compendium of Grecian Antiquities (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1854 Excerpt: ... related all he had seen or heard in the cave. He appeared in the greatest terror, and afier uttering a few incoherent words, he was conducted by his attendants From its being a cave it was called xaiafaniov, and those who consulted it, nuTapairarng. to the chapel of the Good Genius, where he gradually recovered his spirits. But so powerful were the impressions made by this oracle upon the minds of those who consulted it, that they often retained an air of melancholy through the whole of their lives; so that the proverb Eig Tgoqiavlov fteft&vrturat, 'He has been consulting the oracle of Trophonius, ' was applied to a person remarkably gloomy or melancholy. CHAPTER XII. OTHER GRECIAN ORACLES. Besides the three principal oracles of Greece which have been mentioned, there were others of considerable celebrity. That of Apollo at Delos was in great repute. Oracle of Of all the Cyclades the island of Delos was the most Dotm?' " famous, as being the birth-place of Apollo and Diana, on which account the former was often called Delius and the latter Delia. This island was considered so Sacredsacred and inviolable, that the Persians, when they STiand.'"1 pillaged and destroyed most of the other temples of Greece, dared to attempt nothing against the temple of Apollo here. This temple was built of Parian marble, and was celebrated for its antiouity. In it Apollo gave answers to those who consulted him upon future events. No dogs were allowed to be brought up in Delos, because they once tore in pieces Thesus, the priest of Apollo. It was also unlawful for any person to die or be born upon the island, and every precaution was taken to prevent it, and to preserve the island from all kinds of impurities; so that when the Athenians were Kept froa commanded by ...