Note 1181 — Chapter IX · ORPHEUS.
Reading edition
The scholiast on the Plutus of Aristophanes v. 39, commenting on the words ἔλακεν ἐκ στεμμάτων, says that persons who consulted an oracle made their inquiries of the god in writing. They wrote on a tablet (ἐν πυκτίῳ) placed in the shrine for that purpose and wreathing it with garlands gave it to the divining priest. But this information has an apocryphal air.