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ESTHER EIDINOW

University of Bristol

Herodotus very occasionally provides us with the NAMES of women serving as PYTHIA at the oracular sanctuary of APOLLO at DELPHI (see also PERIALLUS). Aristonice (“Noble Victory”) is given as the name of the woman serving when the Athenians consult the ORACLE on the eve of XERXES’ invasion of Greece in 480 BCE (7.140). The Athenian consultation is distinctive because when the ambassadors find the first oracle too hopeless to take back to their fellow citizens, they request a second.

SEE ALSO: Athens; Priests and Priestesses; Women in the Histories