Oracle
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An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through occultic me
Consulting the Oracle (1884) by John William Waterhouse, showing eight priestesses in a temple of prophecy
The ruins of the Temple of Apollo at Didyma
Oracle bone of the Shang dynasty, ancient China
Delphi
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Delphi, in legend previously called Pytho, was an ancient sacred precinct in central Greece. It was the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the anci
Oracle
…gods through bird signs, animal entrails, and other various methods. The most important oracles of Greek antiquity were Pythia (priestess to Apollo at Delphi), and the oracle of Dione and Zeus at Dodona in Epirus. Other oracles of Apollo were located at Didyma and Mallus on the coast of Anatolia, at Corinth…
The Athena temple complex, including the Delphic Tholos. The background is the Pleistos River Valley.
The polygonal wall, 1902
Archaeological Museum of Delphi, designed by Alexandros Tombazis
The reconstructed Treasury of the Athenians, built to commemorate their victory at the Battle of Marathon.