He was detected in forging an oracle of Musaeus, and banished from Athens by the Pisistratidae; but he later reconciled to them, and according to Herodotus, induced Xerxes, by alleged oracular responses, to decide upon his war with Greece.
He was detected in forging an oracle of Musaeus, and banished from Athens by the Pisistratidae; but he later reconciled with them. According to Herodotus, Onomacritos induced Xerxes, the King of Persia, by his alleged oracular responses, to decide upon his war with Greece.