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.
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.
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