Usage of "Oracle of Apollo"

(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.

Uso de Oracle of Apollo en inglés

Another letter treats of the Answers of the Oracle of Apollo, at Delphos, to Croesus, king of Lydia. 
 The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Eleven Volumes, Volume 06 ... 

There he was acquitted; but not all the Furies left him, and at last he besought the Oracle of Apollo to befriend him. 
 Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew 

The oracle of Apollo at Delphi in Phocis enjoyed the utmost veneration. 
 Early European History 

And then the woman began to chatter something about an oracle of Apollo. 
 The Chateau of Prince Polignac 

Now, my child, is the oracle of Apollo come to pass. 
 The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 

I also saw the famous Kastalian Spring which was once an oracle of Apollo. 
 Julian 

Here the oracle of Apollo gave answers to those who came to consult that divinity. 
 Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for P... 

Desiring to consult the oracle of Apollo concerning his campaign, he now proceeded to Delphi. 
 Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3 (of 4) 

The most celebrated oracle of Apollo was at Delphi.] 
 Poets of the South / A Series of Biographical and Critical Studi... 

There was an oracle of Apollo, he urged, which said "Beware of the lame reign." 
 Hellenica 

He thought best therefore to make a voyage to Claros in Ionia, to consult the oracle of Apollo. 
 Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable 

He thought best, therefore, to make a voyage to Carlos in Ionia, to consult the oracle of Apollo. 
 The Age of Fable 

Delphi, the seat and oracle of Apollo, had a mountainous and rocky situation, on the skirts of Parnassus. 
 The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside 

Castalian Cave, oracle of Apollo. 
 Legends of Charlemagne 

The oracle of Apollo at Delphi is the most remarkable; and respecting it we are furnished with the greatest body of particulars. 
 Lives of the Necromancers 

There were twenty-two oracles of Apollo in different parts of the Grecian world, but a much smaller number of those of Zeus. 
 General History for Colleges and High Schools 

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