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Didyma
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(Δίδυμα; Dídyma).

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D., formerly Branchidae, on a limestone plateau by the gulf of Iasus, regional sanctuary between Caria and Ionia (Strabo 14,1,2), famed as the source oracle of Apollo (Hdt. 1,92; 2,159; Pau…

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Tuchelt, K. (Berlin), “Didyma”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 04 July 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e317230>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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