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Another oracle center of the Lycian Apollon is the Apollon
Thryxeos prophecy center located in Kyaneai. A prophecy was
possible for anyone who looked at the pool in the spring water
located here. Separate lovers who came here would look
into the pool to find out what their lovers were doing and
fulfill the prophecy.

“...Just next to Kyaneai in Lycia, there is the place of divination
of Apollon Thryxeos, and the water in Kyneai allows anyone
looking at the natural pool of the spring to see anything they
wish, for example, what their loved one in the distance is doing
at that time…” (Pausanias).
This center is undoubtedly the divination center belonging to
Apollon Patroos (Apollo of the ancestors) in Patara, which was
the biggest and most famous known all over the world. Apollo
would spend six months of the year (the winter months) at Pat-
ara and the other six months in his other hometown, the island
of Delos. So much so that during these months, Patara must
have been over flowing with people who requested prophesies
from him. A female priestess served at the oracle center here,
and she was imprisoned in the temple, meeting directly with the
god and obtaining from him the prophecy (Işın 1999; Işık 2011; İbci
2019; Koçak 2020).

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