Oracle

===Other oracles===
[[Erythrae]] near Ionia in Asia Minor was home to a prophetess.

[[Trophonius]] was an oracle at [[Lebadea]] of [[Boeotia]] devoted to the chthonian Zeus Trophonius. Trophonius was a Greek hero nursed by [[Europa (mythology)|Europa]].<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]].''Guide to Greece'' 9.39.2–5.</ref>

Near the Menestheus's port or ''Menesthei Portus'' ({{lang-el|Μενεσθέως λιμήν}}), modern [[El Puerto de Santa María]], [[Spain]], was the Oracle of Menestheus ({{lang-el|Μαντεῖον τοῦ Μενεσθέως}}), to whom also the inhabitants of [[Cádiz|Gades]] offered sacrifices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/3A*.html|title=LacusCurtius • Strabo's Geography — Book III Chapter 1|website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064:entry=menesthei-portus-geo|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), MENESTHEI PORTUS|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>

At the [[Ikaros (Failaka Island)|Ikaros island]] in the [[Persian Gulf]] (modern [[Failaka Island]] in [[Kuwait]]), there was an oracle of [[Artemis]] Tauropolus.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16.3.2| title = Strabo, Geography, §16.3.2}}</ref>

At [[Claros]], there was the oracle of [[Apollo]] Clarius.<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+7.5 7.5.1–3]</ref>

At [[Ptoion]], there was an oracle of Ptoios and later of [[Apollo]].<ref>{{cite journal| url = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30160| title = Apollo Ptoion sanctuary, Anne Jacquemin - Wiley Online Library| date = 21 January 2013| publisher = Wiley| doi = 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah30160}}</ref>

At [[Gryneium]], there was a sanctuary of Apollo with an ancient oracle.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://topostext.org/work/241#G213.10| title = Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, G213.10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.14| title = Philostratus the Athenian, Vita Apollonii, 4.14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13.3.5| title = Strabo, Geography, 13.3.5}}</ref>

At [[Livadeia]] there was the oracle of [[Trophonius]].<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/901#2.121 Col. William Leake, TRAVELS IN NORTHERN GREECE, 2.121]</ref>

The oracle of [[Zeus Ammon]] at [[Siwa Oasis]] was so famous that [[Alexander the Great]] visited it when he conquered Egypt. 

There was also another oracle of Zeus Ammon at [[Aphytis]] in [[Chalkidiki]].<ref>[https://topostext.org/work/241#A151.1 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, A151.1]</ref>

The oracle of Zeus at [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]].<ref name="A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitie - Oraculum">[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0063%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DO%3Aentry+group%3D1%3Aentry%3Doraculum-cn A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), Oraculum]</ref>

In the city of [[Anariace]] (Ἀναριάκη) at the [[Caspian Sea]], there was an oracle for sleepers. Persons should sleep in the temple in order to learn the divine will.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D9%3Aentry%3Danariacae-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Anariacea]</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.7.1 Strabo, Geography, 11.7.1]</ref><ref>[https://topostext.org/work/241#A93.5 Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica, A93.5 ]</ref>

The oracle of Apollo at [[Eutresis (Boeotia)|Eutresis]]<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DE%3Aentry+group%3D9%3Aentry%3Deutresis-harpers Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Eutresis]</ref> and the oracle of Apollo at [[Tegyra]].<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DT%3Aentry+group%3D4%3Aentry%3Dtegyra-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Tegyra]</ref>

Oracle of [[Aphrodite]] at [[Paphos]].<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0132:life=tit.:chapter=5 C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Divus Titus, 5]</ref>

There were many "oracles of the dead", such as in [[Argolis]], [[Cumae]], [[Heraclea Pontica|Herakleia in Pontos]], in the Temple of [[Poseidon]] in [[Cape Matapan|Taenaron]], but the most important was the [[Necromanteion of Acheron]].