Bakis (or Bacis)
Bakis (or Bacis)
Derived from a Greek term for "speaker," used as a general term for prophets and oracles in ancient Greece from the eighth to sixth century B.C.E. There were three well-known oracles bearing that name who are mentioned by Suidas, the first a Boeotian, the second an Arcadian, and the third an Athenian. The most famous one was from Boeotia and was supposed to have been inspired by the nymphs of the Corycian caves. His oracular verses were said to have been impressively fulfilled. He is cited by Herodotus and Pausanias.
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