Bacis

Role: prophet · First appears: Book 4 · Chapter 27

In Book 4, Chapter 27, the oracles of Bacis greatly encouraged Epaminondas in the restoration of Messene. By Book 10, Chapter 32, Bacis’s oracles differed from Herodotus’ account of the Median invasion of Greece over the name of a town. The same chapter also mentions an oracle of Bacis concerning a tomb and the tombs of Zethus and Amphion at Thebes.

Relationship record

Book 4 · Chapter 27

with Epaminondas (Bacis's oracles encouraged Epaminondas.) “Epaminondas was very greatly encouraged also to the restoration of Messene by the oracles of Bacis”

Book 10 · Chapter 32

with Herodotus (Their accounts differ concerning the town's name.) “Bacis in his oracles and Herodotus in his account of the invasion of Greece by the Medes differ as to the name of the town.”
with Zethus (Bacis gave an oracle concerning Zethus's tomb.) “I also gave the oracle of Bacis both about this tomb and that of Zethus and Amphion at Thebes”
with Amphion (Bacis gave an oracle concerning Amphion's tomb.) “I also gave the oracle of Bacis both about this tomb and that of Zethus and Amphion at Thebes”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.