CIVILIZATION
GREEK
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Question
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Apollo
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Hades
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Zeus
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Poseidon
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the most important oracle throughout Greek history was the Oracle of Delphi. Here the divine wisdom and prophecies of the god Apollo were conveyed by the mysterious priestess, the Pythia. People would visit Delphi from across Greece and beyond in the hope of receiving the words of Apollo.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Oracle of Delphi, the Pythia, who was also referred to as the sibyl, was a priestess who would prophesy from the tripod in the sunken adyton of the Temple of Apollo. The god himself was believed to speak through this oracle.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Delphic Oracle belonged to Apollo, and his priestess, called the Pythia, gave her oracles from inside Apollo’s temple. The Oracle at Delphi [map] seems to have originally been held by Gaia (Aeschylus, Eumenides 1-8). According to some accounts, Gaia had a snake or dragon, named the Python, that guarded her oracle.