WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -Delphi was an ancient religious sanctuary dedicated to the Greek god Apollo . Developed in the 8th century B.C., the sanctuary was home to the Oracle of Delphi and the priestess Pythia, who was famed throughout the ancient world for divining the future and was consulted before all major undertakings.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pythia (/ˈpɪiə/; Ancient Greek: [pyːˈtʰíaː]) was the name of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. She specifically served as its oracle and was known as the Oracle of Delphi. Her title was also historically glossed in English as the Pythoness.

Detailed explanation-3: -The word oracle comes from the Latin verb ōrāre, “to speak” and properly refers to the priest or priestess uttering the prediction.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Pythia (priestess) of the Greek oracle at Delphi often went into an ecstatic state during which she uttered sounds revealed to her by the python (the snake, the symbol of resurrection), after drinking water from a certain spring.

Detailed explanation-5: -Delphi oracles did not “make predictions”. They went into trance and were “channeling Gods”, who spoke through them. It was often gibberish coming out of their mouths. Male priests recorded all which was said, and then interpreted the answer for the asker.