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Hello fellow Pothosians,Plutarch relates:"Among other prodigies that attended the departure of his army, the image of Orpheus at Libethra, made of cypress-wood, was seen to sweat in great abundance, to the discouragement of many. But Aristander told him that, far from presaging any ill to him, it signified he should perform acts so important and glorious as would make the poets and musicians of future ages labour and sweat to describe and celebrate them."Does anybody know when (in the scheme of things, i.e...before the Balkans, or perhaps after Thebes)and where this occured, i.e...where is Libethra? I was going to omit this, but it seemed kind of funny that I'm over here sweating and working with so much labor to celebrate ATG's deeds. This snippet comes right after ATG's visit to Delphi, but could have happened anytime before the actual invasion of Persia took place. later Nicator

Hello all,I just found the same bit in Arrian, right after the sack of Thebes. But still don't know where Libethra is?Nick

Leibethron is south of Dion and Pimpleia on the gulf side of Mt Olympo.