Trophonios
deity underworld Ancient Greece single tradition · 2
Trophonios is a figure of ancient Greek myth associated with a subterranean cave used for oracular consultation. The cave of Trophonios became proverbial for extreme fright, and the deity was linked to themes of memory and forgetting in classical literature. He was the subject of lost commentaries by philosophers such as Heraclides Ponticus.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in early Greek mythic tradition and referenced by classical authors such as Hesiod and Plato.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tykhe, Daimon Agathon, Muses, Mnemosyne
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“"To descend into the cave of Trophonios" became a proverbial way of saying "to suffer a great fright".”
#44958 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free
“Pauses described the worship of Mnemosyne in Lebadeia in Boeotia, where she played an important part in the oracular sanctuary of Trophonios:”
#45612 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free