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bakis wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 the boeotian 2 the arcadian 3 the athenian 4 evolution of the term bakis 5 notes 6 references toggle the table of contents bakis 4 languages azərbaycanca català فارسی русский edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia multiple ancient greek seers for other uses see bakis surname the bacidae 1883 by sarah paxton ball dodson two soothsayers called bacidae in a prophetic ecstasy reading chicken entrails bakis also bacis ancient greek βάκις is a general name for the inspired prophets and dispensers of oracles who flourished in greece from the 8th to the 6th century b c 1 philetas of ephesus 2 aelian 3 and john tzetzes 4 distinguish between three a boeotian an arcadian and an athenian the boeotian edit the first bakis a native of eleon in boeotia who was the most famous was said to have been inspired by the nymphs of the corycian cave his oracles of which specimens are extant in herodotus and pausanias were written in hexameter verse and were considered to have been strikingly fulfilled apocryphal oracular pronouncements in dactylic hexameters circulated under his name during times of stress such as the persian and peloponnesian wars 5 6 7 8 the arcadian edit the arcadian bakis was believed to have originated from caphyae and to have also been known as aletes or cydas he was said to have cured the women of sparta of a fit of madness 2 9 many of the oracles which were current under his name have been attributed to onomacritus the athenian edit extant sources provide no information on this bakis however according to suda bakis was also an epithet of peisistratus 2 from this one may conclude that oracular poetry was popular at the times of peisistratus and that he himself wrote poetry of this kind 1 evolution of the term bakis edit according to erwin rohde bakis was a title originally applied to any one of a class of ecstatic seers but later came to be thought of as the proper name of an individual there was also a verb βακίζω to prophesy secondarily derived from the name bakis similar to the case of σιβυλλίζω σίβυλλα sibyl 1 notes edit 1 2 3 realencyclopädie der classischen altertumswissenschaft band ii halbband 4 artemisia barbaroi 1896 ss 2801 2802 1 2 3 suda s v βάκις aelian various histories 12 35 tzetzes on lycophron 1278 pausanias description of greece 4 27 4 9 17 5 10 12 11 10 14 6 10 32 8 9 herodotus histories 8 20 77 9 43 scholia on aristophanes peace 1070 on horsemen 123 cicero on divination 1 18 34 scholia on aristophanes peace 1070 on birds 962 references edit chisholm hugh ed 1911 bakis encyclopædia britannica 11th ed cambridge university press which in turn cites herodotus histories 8 20 77 9 43 pausanias description of greece 4 27 9 17 10 12 scholia on aristophanes peace 1070 göttling opuscula academica 1869 this ancient greece related article is a stub you can help wikipedia by adding missing information v t e retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title bakis oldid 1353352156 categories 7th century bc clergy 6th century bc clergy classical oracles archaic greek seers ancient boeotians ancient greece stubs hidden categories articles with short description short description matches wikidata articles containing ancient greek to 1453 language text wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 encyclopaedia britannica with wikisource reference all stub articles this page was last edited on 9 may 2026 at 19 30 utc page was rendered with parsoid text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike 4 0 license additional terms may apply by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc a non profit organization privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia legal safety contacts code of conduct developers statistics cookie statement mobile view search search toggle the table of contents bakis 4 languages add topic