(Ἕρκυνα; Hérkyna). River in Boeotia, whose powerful, in part lukewarm springs originate in Lebadea at the mouth of a rock canyon (cave sanctuary and temple) and were closely connected to the cult of the neighbouring oracle of Trophonius. References: Paus. 9,39,2-8; Plin. HN 31,15; Plut. Mor. 771f; Philostr. VA 8,19.
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