Pausanias Analysis
Chapter 4.12
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Chapter 4.12
4.12.1: Delphic oracle instructs Sparta to regain Messenia by deceit.
4.12.2: Spartan deception: a hundred false deserters sent into Ithome.
4.12.3: Spartans attempt to dissolve the Messenian alliance.
4.12.4: Oracle warning of a Spartan ambush later fulfilled.
4.12.5: Lykiskos captured at Ithome; says the oracle declared the girl was not his.
4.12.6: Hera's priestess admits she bore the child and resigns; priesthood passed on
4.12.7: Delphi oracle granting Messene to whoever sets 20 tripods around Zeus Ithomatas' altar.
4.12.8: Contest to dedicate wooden tripods at the Ithome sanctuary
4.12.9: Clandestine dedication of a hundred clay tripods at Ithome.
4.12.10: Ophioneus, the blind prophet, regains his sight.