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Monuments reported by ancient authors (2)

Ancient oracles

Oracle of Dionysus

AMFIKLIA (Ancient city) LOKRIDA
An oracle of Dionysus existed at Amphicaea or Amphicleia, in Phocis, to the north of Parnassus. Like the oracle at Acharaca, its function was limited to the cure of the sick, and its mode of operation was by dreams interpreted by an inspired prophet (Pausan. x. 33, § 11).

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin)

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Ancient sanctuaries

Sanctuary of Demeter

DRYMEA (Ancient city) LOKRIDA
At Drymaea is an ancient sanctuary of Demeter Lawgiver, with a standing image made of stone. Every year they hold a feast in her honor, the Thesmophoria (Paus. 10,33,12).

Perseus: Pausanias, Description of Greece, Phocis and Ozolian Locri

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