HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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an ancient Greek child
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a settlement under the control of a usually distant country
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a fake eye statue that represented the ability to see into the future
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holy person who the Greeks believed could communicate with the gods.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -And her answers, usually cryptic, could determine the course of everything from when a farmer planted his seedlings, to when an empire declared war. Arguments over the correct interpretation of an oracle were common, but the oracle was always happy to give another prophecy if more gold was provided.
Detailed explanation-3: -or·a·cle ˈȯr-ə-kəl. ˈär-: a person (as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a god is believed to speak. : the place where a god speaks through an oracle.
Detailed explanation-4: -Delphi in Greek Mythology Greeks believed the site was originally sacred and belonged to Gaea, or Mother Earth, and was guarded by Gaea’s serpent child, Python. Apollo killed Python and founded his oracle there.