Pythian oracle
Delphic Apollo
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Aristides Plutarch 2 citations · 6 passages
The oracle is explicitly consulted and its authority is followed in determining strategy and ritual obligations.
Then the god said they were entirely in error, for the Pythian oracle’s places were there in the neighborhood of Plataea, and if they sought them they would surely find them.
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Electra Sophocles 1 citation · 3 passages
The oracle is invoked as the recognized divine source legitimating Orestes' plan.
When I went to the Pythian oracle to learn how I might avenge my father on his murderers,
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