Ophrynium
place · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
Against Apaturius
The town where Parmeno was living in exile when the earthquake that killed his family struck.
He was dwelling in Ophrynium because of his being an exile from home, when the earthquake in the Chersonese occurred;
Anabasis
Place where Xenophon offers whole-victim sacrifices and receives favorable omens.
And the next day, upon coming to Ophrynium, Xenophon proceeded to sacrifice, offering whole victims of swine after the custom of his fathers, and he obtained favourable omens.