AMPHIARA´IA
AMPHIARA´IA (
ἀμφιαράϊα), games celebrated in honour of the ancient hero
Amphiaraus, in the neighbourhood of Oropus, where he had a temple with a
celebrated oracle (Schol.
ad
Pind. O. 7.154); the rites observed in his
temple are described by Pausanias (
1.34.3; K.
F. Hermann,
Gottesd. Alterth. § 63, n. 1).
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