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The Seventeenth Book of Diodorus: in Two Parts
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Finally, travellers coming from Delphi
told how the temple which the Thebans had dedicated from the Phocian spoils was observed to
have blood-stains on its roof.1Those who made a business of interpreting such
portents stated that the spider web signified the departure of the gods from the city, its
iridescence meant a storm of mixed troubles, the sweating of the statues was the sign of an
overwhelming catastrophe, and the appearance of blood in many places foretold a vast slaughter
throughout the city.
1 The naos at Delphi was the great temple of Apollo which was under construction in the period 360-330 B.C. The epigraphical record is assembled by E. Bourguet in the Fouilles de Delphes, 3.5 (1932). Much was done in 346 in the archonship of Damoxenus, "when peace was established," and there were Theban naopoioi in that year, along with many others. The Thebans had taken a hand in plundering the Phocians after Philip's victory, and the Phocians were obligated to make annual payments to restore what they had borrowed from the sanctuary (Book 16.60.2). But there is otherwise no suggestion that Phocian funds were applied to the temple construction, and it is quite certain that the Thebans themselves did not build or rebuild or dedicate the temple of Apollo.
Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.
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