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SANCTUARY OF APOLLO PTOIOS (sanctuary in Boeotia)
Sanctuary of Ptoan Apollo in Perdikovrysi, Boeotia, Greece
- Kind of place
- Sanctuary
- Region
- Boeotia
- Where
- 38.46° N, 23.25° E
The sanctuary is located near the town of Acraephia, about fifteen stades to the right of the city, by a hill above Lake Copais. Herodotus 8.135.1 An oracle existed here before Alexander's destruction of Thebes that never lied. Pausanias 9.23.6 The god's surname and the mountain's name derive from Ptous, son of Athamas. Pausanias 9.23.6
Described in the sources
The sanctuary belongs to the Thebans. Herodotus 8.135.1 The temple is referred to by the name Ptoum. Herodotus 8.135.1 The oracle of Ptoan Apollo provided a response to the Thebans before the battle of Leuctra. Pausanias 4.32.5
Stories and history
The god answered a Carian messenger in the Carian language rather than Greek. Pausanias 9.23.6