Towards the late 4th century the circle of cauldrons was replaced by a low stone wall. But the voice of the gods was far from silenced; it just changed its medium of deliverance. According to Aristotle, there was now a couple of columns which supported a bronze cauldron and a bronze boy grasping a whip. The bronze lashes of the whip swayed by the wind and struck the cauldron, producing a reverberating sound. The whip was dedicated by the island of Corcyra (Corfu) and consisted of three chains tipped with buttons. It was alleged that you could count four hundred before the echo died away. The “whip of the Corcyraeans” became a synonym for people chatting incessantly.