Acadine
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The Greek historian Diodorus Siculus described in Book 11.89 of his Bibliotheca historica a pool that spouted hot, sulfurous water at the sanctuary of the Palici in Sicily, and said solemn oaths were undertaken there. According to the Aristotelian On Marvellous Things Heard, a sworn statement would be written on a tablet and thrown into the pool. If true it floated, but otherwise it sank to the bottom and the perjuror would be scalded.[1] The Bibliotheca Historica mentions that the pool was a place that escaped slaves would take sanctuary[2]. Renaissance and later authors took up this story, calling it the Acadine fountain, though this name is not attested in ancient sources.[3]
Artistic Depiction
[edit]Charles-Victoire-Frédéric Moench's 1814 painting The Acadine Fountain illustrates the myth of Acadine. The oil on canvas measures 131.5 × 102.6 cm (51 3/4 × 40 3/8 in.) and was auctioned at Sotheby's Paris on June 30, 2020, with a final price of €77,825, surpassing its estimated value of €30,000–50,000.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ https://topostext.org/work/246#27.57 De Ausc. 57
- ↑ "LacusCurtius • Diodorus Siculus — Book XI Chapters 63‑92". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2026-09-25.
{{cite web}}: no-break space character in|title=at position 39 (help) - ↑ Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham. The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. Wordsworth Editions, 2000. ISBN 1-84022-310-3
- ↑ "CHARLES VICTOIRE FREDERIC MOENCH | THE ACADINE FOUNTAIN | Tableaux Dessins Sculptures 1300-1900 | 2020". Sotheby's. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
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