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OROPUS

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 327 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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OROPUS , a

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

seaport, on the Euripus, in the

district

DISTRICT

Hetpaiail, opposite Eretria. It was a border city between Boeotia and Attica, and its possession was a continual cause of dispute between the two countries; but at last it came into the final possession of Athens, and is always alluded to under the

Roman

ROMAN

empire

EMPIRE

as an Attic town. The actual harbour, which was called Delphinium, was at the mouth of the Asopus, about a mile

north

of the city. A

village

VILLAGE

still called Oropo occupies the site of the ancient town. The famous oracle of Amphiaraus was situated in the territory of Oropus, 12 stadia from the city. The site has been excavated by the

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Archaeological Society; it contained a temple, a sacred

spring

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger.
springer
- SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
- SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)
, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

, into which coins were thrown by worshippers, altars and porticoes, and a small theatre, of which the proscenium is well pre-served. Worshippers used to consult the oracle of Amphiaraus by sleeping on the skin of a slaughtered ram within the sacred building.

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