Pausanias Analysis
Chapter 9.39
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Chapter 9.39
9.39.1: Lebadeia's origin: Mideia renamed after Lebados who settled there
9.39.2: Origin myth of the river Herkyna: Kore uncovers a goose and a spring.
9.39.3: Temple of Hercyna with a maiden statue holding a goose.
9.39.4: Temple and Praxiteles' statue of Trophonius.
9.39.5: Descent ritual at the oracle of Trophonius.
9.39.6: Ritual ram sacrifice and seer before descent into Trophonius' cave
9.39.7: Ritual purification at the river Hercyna
9.39.8: Preparatory ritual at the oracle of Trophonius
9.39.9: Oracle with circular white-stone base and artificial chasm
9.39.10: The descent to Trophonius' oracle.
9.39.11: Descent into the oracle of Trophonius
9.39.12: Demetrius' bodyguard killed for attempting to steal gold from an inner sanctuary.
9.39.13: Throne of Mnemosyne: priests question and restore the Trophonios oracle-visitor.
9.39.14: The oracle of Trophonius and visitors' votive tablets.