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Pythia ( / ˈpɪθiə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Πυθία [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.
30. Aug. 2013 · The Pythia (or Oracle of Delphi) was the priestess who held court at Pytho, the sanctuary of the Delphinians, a sanctuary dedicated to the Greek god Apollo. Pythia were highly regarded, for it was believed that she channeled prophecies from Apollo himself, while steeped in a dreamlike trance.
26. Apr. 2024 · The oracle, who at first was called Pytho (the original name of Delphi) and later Pythia, reached the height of her fame between about the 8th and 4th centuries bce, when Apollo’s advice or sanction was sought by lawmakers, colonists, and founders of cults.
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Mythology. Python, sometimes written Pytho, presided at the Delphic oracle, which existed in the cult center for its mother, Gaia, "Earth", Pytho being the place name that was substituted for the earlier Krisa. [1] . Greeks considered the site to be the center of the Earth, represented by a stone, the omphalos or navel, which Python guarded.
pythoness. (n.) Spät im 14. Jahrhundert, phitonesse, Phitonissa, "Frau mit der Fähigkeit zur Wahrsagerei", aus dem Altfranzösischen phitonise (13. Jh.) und dem Mittellateinischen phitonissa, aus dem Spätlateinischen pythonissa, verwendet in der Vulgata für die Hexe von Endor (I Samuel xxviii.7) und oft als ihr eigentlicher Name behandelt.
29. Mai 2018 · pythoness a female soothsayer or conjuror of spirits. Recorded from Middle English, the term comes via Old French from late Latin pythonissa, based on Greek puthōn ‘soothsaying’.
31. Aug. 2023 · The office of Pythoness appears not to have been desirable. Either the emanations from the cavern, or some art of the managers, threw her into real convulsions. Priests entitled prophets led her to the sacred tripod, force being often necessary for that purpose, and held her on it till her frenzy rose to whatever pitch was in their judgement most fit for the occasio
