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in Italy had been taken as a ploutonion because the gases it produced were so noxious that they overwhelmed birds flying overhead. According to earlier sources, he says, this was the
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subsumed existing religious sites there, including the ploutonion. Archaeological excavations in the 1960s showed that the ploutonion had been located within the sacred precinct of
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in which streams of hot water gushed forth to release a noxious exhalation". This site was also associated with a dream oracle; the
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were at the height of their influence. The cave was the traditional site of the birth of the
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Sanctuary specially dedicated to the ancient Greek god
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