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Meaning of TROPHONIAN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tro*pho"ni*an\, a. [L. Trophonianus, fr. Trophonius,
Gr. ?, a Grecian architect, fabled to have been the builder
of the first temple of Apollo at Delphi. He was worshiped
after death, and had a celebrated oracle in a cave in
B[oe]otia.]
Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave
and oracle.
 
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