Note 893 — OMPHI,

At Patara, in Lycia, was an oracular temple: and Patræ, in Achaia, had its name from divination, for which it was famous. Pausanias mentions the temple, and adds, [893]Προ δε του Ἱερου της Δημητρος εστι πηγη—μαντειον δε ενταυθα εστιν αψευδες. Before the temple is the fountain of Demeter—and in the temple an oracle, which never is known to fail.