Posted on 06/03/2020 7:50:34 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Previously that person would be called a "Sniffer".
I've had a few nights after Taco Tuesday where gaseous emission almost put me in a trance...(sorry couldn't resist)
But seriously, I think the general consensus is that like modern horoscopes or the verses of Nostradamus, the Oracle of Delphi just uttered some vague random phrases that could be interpreted a hundred different ways. A Emperor who wanted to go to war would speak to her, she would utter something like "On the harvest moon, the light of Jupiter will shine on the fields of grain." The Emperor would interpret this as some great victory by Fall. And if he lost the battle...well then the Oracle's supporters would just say he misinterpreted it and the Oracle was speaking of a bountiful harvest.
I've had a few nights after Taco Tuesday where gaseous emission almost put me in a trance...(sorry couldn't resist)
But seriously, I think the general consensus is that like modern horoscopes or the verses of Nostradamus, the Oracle of Delphi just uttered some vague random phrases that could be interpreted a hundred different ways. A Emperor who wanted to go to war would speak to her, she would utter something like "On the harvest moon, the light of Jupiter will shine on the fields of grain." The Emperor would interpret this as some great victory by Fall. And if he lost the battle...well then the Oracle's supporters would just say he misinterpreted it and the Oracle was speaking of a bountiful harvest.
Fascinating. What is especially interesting is that the carved stone that still exists is likely the one pictured on that ancient coin of Apollo.
I find it kind of hard to believe that some of the most intelligent people of their times - over several hundred years, if not much longer - wouldn’t have figured that out. They were not stupid people.
I think there was more going on.
Her beber might have been.
https://www.storynory.com/7-king-croesus-and-the-oracle-of-delphi/
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3698267/posts?page=9#9
As the Cigarette Smoking Man once said, nothing disappears without a trace. :^)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3105307/posts
We’ve got natural ampitheaters, why not a natural bong?
http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/4/eh41.jsp?obj_id=3592
http://odysseus.culture.gr/java/image?foto_id=361&size=l1
You mean like Q?
Interesting read.
Thanks Red6.
Travel in the Ancient WorldA gifted faker name Alexander founded an oracle in a backwater on the south shore of the Black Sea. Here, for stiff prices, a talking serpent he had rigged up answered questions for the local hayseeds... (p 135)
by Lionel Casson
More like Biden, you know, the, the, thing.
For those interested, I'd recommend Robert Temple's rather obscure book "Netherworld" or re-issued as Oracles of the Dead: Ancient Techniques for Predicting the Future in which he personally visits, photographs, and explores various ancient oracles and a real netherworld (complete with an underground river supplicants had to cross); seeking answers as to how oracles, divination, reading entrails, and casting stalks were seen by most people of the time and why they were important to individuals in those cultures. From a review: " This is rigorously scientific, painstaking scholarship, as well as an adventure to discover the real history in ancient times."
Excellent graphic. Thank you for posting
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