Pythia
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 88 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5112-1438-2
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Pythia (Greek: ?????; IPA p??i???), commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the priestess at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus. The Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by Apollo. The Delphic oracle was established in the 8th century BC. The last recorded response was given in AD 393, when the emperor Theodosius I ordered pagan temples to cease operation. During this period the Delphic Oracle was the most prestigious and authoritative oracle in the Greek world. The oracle is one of the best-documented religious institutions of the classical Greek world. Writers who mention the oracle include Aeschylus, Aristotle, Clement of Alexandria, Diodorus, Diogenes, Euripides, Herodotus, Julian, Justin, Livy, Lucan, Ovid, Pausanias, Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, Sophocles, Strabo, Thucydides, and Xenophon. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в...
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