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Amphiareion of Oropos - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Amphiareion of Oropos - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Amphiareion of Oropos (), situated in the hills 6 km southeast of the fortified port of Oropos, was a sanctuary dedicated in the late 5th century BCE to the hero Amphiaraos, where pilgrims went to seek oracular responses and healing. It became particularly successful during the 4th century BCE, to judge from the intensive building at the site.V.C. Petrakos 1968:68-70, noted by Eran Lupu, "Sacrifice at the Amphiareion and a Fragmentary Sacred Law from Oropos", Hesperia 72.3 (July 2003:321-340). The hero Amphiaraos was a descendant of the seer Melampos and initially refused to participate in the attack on Thebes (detailed in the Seven Against Thebes of Aeschylus) because he could foresee that it would be a disaster.The Roman poet Statius wrote an epic poem on this myth in the 1st century CE. In some versions of the myth,Pindar, Ninth Nemean Ode. the earth opens and swallows the chariot of Amphiaraos, transforming him into a chthonic hero.Pausanias 1.34.2 Today the site is found east of the modern town Markopoulo Oropou in the Oropos municipality of Attica, Greece. Read more on Wikipedia
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