Priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
1He spoke softly, saying, Pythia bears the fires of Olympus within her.
2Here their allusion, however, only concerns the celebrated divinations of the Pythia.
3Fortunately, Pythia does not seem frightened by the appearance of her betrothed.
4They found him soon after and recalled the words Pythia spoke unto them.
5More water they gave her but after a time, Pythia would not drink.
6The Pythia is a wise woman, who lives in the temple.
7But even as he spake came in the Pythia, the priestess.
8So he sent to Delphi and asked the Pythia about it.
9So Cadmus went to Delphi to ask the Pythia about his lost sister.
10The woman was named Pythia and her part in this tale has come.
11I take Dora and Pythia to my private altar to Isis.
12And Pythia's eyes widen, but she leans forward, interested and intent.
13On the day of her departure, my son clings hard to Pythia's knees.
14Castalia, fountain of Parnassus, giving inspiration to Oracular priestess named Pythia.
15Then I present the dark-haired, sloe-eyed Pythia, and Octavia gives a wistful sigh.
16We had come too early, and the Pythia did not at first appear.