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How the Killing of a Giant Snake led to the most Famous Oracle of All Time

From Python to the Oracle at Delphi

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/9ea5591d-686f-4819-b70c-9cd1209ea6dc

Hello, and welcome to Episode 1 of Myth!

Episode Description

The ancient town of Delphi is often associated with the legendary Oracle of Delphi. Priestess of Apollo. But did you know that a snakey son of Apollo predated any of her prophetic chants?

Join Hanah and Caroline as they take a look at ancient Delphi and it’s varied inhabitants. From the myth of the snakey Python (and his epic defeat at the hands of infant Apollo) to the possible scientific explanation behind the Oracle’s prophecies – this episode is all Delphi, all the time.

Episode Notes

Sources that were used for research

  • Plutarch’s The Obsolescence of Oracles. Translated from Greek by F.C. Babbitt.
  • Entry on “Omphalos” from the Merriam-Webster Dictionary.
  • Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World by Michael Scott
    • This is a book. You can probably find it at your local library.
  • “Delphic Oracle’s Lips May Have Been Loosened by Gas Vapors”
  • “New evidence for the geological origins of the ancient Delphic oracle (Greece)” by J.Z De Boer and J.R. Hale
  • “Delphi” from Encyclopaedia Britannica

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