Acadine was a magical fountain described by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus. When writings were thrown into the fountain, they floated to the top if genuine, but otherwise they sank to the bottom where they were devoured by Hades.
The Acadine Fountain, Charles-Victoire-Frederic Moench
References
* The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
See also : Greek Mythology. Paintings, Drawings
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