Oracle at Delphi
Delphic oracle
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Anabasis Xenophon 1 citation
The passage explicitly invokes the Delphic oracle as an authoritative source of prior religious instruction.
and he accordingly brought two victims to the altar and proceeded to offer sacrifice to King Zeus, the very god that the oracle at Delphi had prescribed for him;
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Cyropaedia Xenophon 1 citation · 13 passages
The passage explicitly invokes the Delphic oracle and Apollo's responses as divine authority for Croesus's life and happiness.
But pray tell me, Croesus, he resumed, what has come of your responses from the oracle at Delphi?
book 7 ¶
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