Delphic Oracle’s Lips May Have Been Loosened by Gas Vapors
Publication: National Geographic News Date: August 14, 2001 View ArticleThe oracle of Delphi in Greece was the telephone psychic of ancient times: People came from all over Europe to call on the Pythia at Mount Parnassus to have their questions about the future answered. Her answers could determine when farmers planted their fields or when an empire declared war.
The Pythia, a role filled by different women from about 1400 B.C. to A.D. 381, was the medium through which the god Apollo spoke.
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