Thriae
(
Θριαί) the name of three prophetic nymphs on Mount Parnassus, by whom Apollo was reared, and who were believed to have invented the art of prophecy by means of little stones (
θριαί), which were thrown into an urn. (Hom.
Hymn. in Merc. 552 ; Schol.
ad Callim. Hymn. in Apoll. 45 ; comp. Lobeck,
Aglaoph. p. 814.)
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