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Significats de delphic oracle en anglès
(Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous.
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Examples for "Temple of Apollo"
Examples for "Temple of Apollo"
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Months ago, Divak's brother attempted to destroy the Megaran Temple of Apollo.
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As you know, in the Temple of Apollo there is a wise oracle.
3
A guard was found unconscious at his post at the Temple of Apollo.
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THE Temple of Apollo stood complete, pure white marble gleaming in the sun.
5
By the evening, she found the home of Asclepius, near unto the Temple of Apollo.
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Another letter treats of the Answers of the Oracle of Apollo, at Delphos, to Croesus, king of Lydia.
2
There he was acquitted; but not all the Furies left him, and at last he besought the Oracle of Apollo to befriend him.
3
The oracle of Apollo at Delphi in Phocis enjoyed the utmost veneration.
4
And then the woman began to chatter something about an oracle of Apollo.
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Now, my child, is the oracle of Apollo come to pass.
1
Thus both the Amphictyonic Council and the oracle of Delphi were in their power.
2
The Beotians had suffered from drought for two years and sent to consult the oracle of Delphi.
3
Consulting the oracle of Delphi concerning his new government, he is said to have received the following answer:
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Hence it was chiefly to a political cause that the immortal oracle of Delphi owed its pre-eminent importance.
5
When the city of Athens was once in danger of being attacked and destroyed, the oracle of Delphi was consulted.
Ús de delphic oracle en anglès
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Then, amid the general excitement, Themistocles reiterated his version of the Delphic oracle.
2
She is now Delphic oracle of doodle-bugs and hierophant of the hot stuff.
3
News for the Delphic Oracle A passion play in three parts.
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Their voluminous writings have all the clarity and directness of a Delphic oracle.
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But then, Lu is a good girl, and he's her minister,- aDelphicoracle.
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The Delphic oracle declared that no one in the world was wiser than Socrates.
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You don't need the Delphic Oracle to figure that out.
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Why has the Delphic oracle been called "the common hearth of Hellas"?
9
O for some Delphic oracle, or Pythian maid, to utter the secrets of futurity!
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And, not unlike the Delphic oracle, interpreting the learner's pronouncements can itself require considerable skill.
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The newspapers advertised it as The Modern Delphic Oracle.
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Some people believe that the gods make their will known to man through the Delphic Oracle.
13
The Erinnyes brought forward their accusation, and Orestes made the command of the Delphic oracle his excuse.
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The Erinyes brought forward their accusation, and Orestes made the command of the Delphic oracle his excuse.
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The telegraph, the newspapers, chronicled his every movement; whatever he said was construed like a Delphic oracle.
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On his death the Delphic Oracle, in very second-rate hexameters, declared that Plotinus had become a demon.