Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered ...

Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Pythia, the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, held one of the most powerful roles in the ancient Greek world, at a time when women had few opportunities ...

An oracle was a site where ancient Greek men and women asked the gods to answer questions about the past, the present and the future. As Prof. Esther Eidinow explains—‘Oracles helped ancient society ...

excursion to Tempe 132-178 Preparations of the Greeks 132-137 Xerxes' demand for earth and water from Greek states 138-144 Athens consults oracles and agonizes; Themistocles and fleet 145-171 Greek ...