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Trophonius

Trophonius · m

A brother of Agamedes

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Where it lives

de Natura Deorum 2 · 0.56/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
De Divinatione 1 · 0.36/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 2 · 0.35/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

Trŏphōnĭus — Lewis & Short

Trŏphōnĭus, ii, m., = *trofw/nios.

I A brother of Agamedes, in conjunction with whom he built the temple of Apollo at Delphi, Cic. Tusc. 1, 47, 114.—

II A deity that imparted oracles in a cave near Lebadia, in Bœotia; sometimes called also Juppiter Trophonius, Cic. Div. 1, 34, 74; id. N. D. 3, 19, 49; Liv. 45, 27, 8; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 66; 31, 2, 11, § 15.—Hence, Trŏphōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Trophonius, Trophonian: narratio Chaeronis, of a certain Chœron, who descended into Trophonius's cave, Cic. Att. 6, 2, 3.

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