place
Onchestus
also: Ὀγχηστός
A sanctuary of Poseidon in Boeotia, passed by Apollo on his journey to found his oracle (Hymn 3) and, in Hymn 4, the place where an old man witnesses the infant Hermes driving Apollo's stolen cattle.
Reading notes
- The Homeric Hymns §3.134 Onchestus
A sanctuary of Poseidon in Boeotia, passed by Apollo on his journey to found his oracle (Hymn 3) and, in Hymn 4, the place where an old man witnesses the infant Hermes driving Apollo's stolen cattle.