enarean

enarean, member of an ancient group of magicians and soothsayers, most likely eunuchs, who spoke in high-pitched voices and dressed as women. All that is known of them appears in the writings of the ancient Greek historian Herodotus (flourished 5th century bce). They claimed that a goddess, interpreted by Herodotus as Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of beauty, taught them the art of prophecy. Their methods were to plait the bark of trees, lay willow twigs...