Histories

It is they who possess the place of divination sacred to Dionysus. This place is in their highest mountains; the Bessi, a clan of the Satrae, are the prophets of the shrine; there is a priestess who utters the oracle, as at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi; it is no more complicated here than there.[*](Hdt. appears to mean that the method of divination is the “usual” one, as at Delphi [22.5167,38.4917] (Perseus) Delphi; perhaps there were exaggerated accounts of the mysterious rites of the Bessi.)