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Significados de oracle of Delphi en inglés
(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.
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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.
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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.
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There he was acquitted; but not all the Furies left him, and at last he besought the Oracle of Apollo to befriend him.
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The oracle of Apollo at Delphi in Phocis enjoyed the utmost veneration.
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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.
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Then, amid the general excitement, Themistocles reiterated his version of the Delphic oracle.
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She is now Delphic oracle of doodle-bugs and hierophant of the hot stuff.
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Their voluminous writings have all the clarity and directness of a Delphic oracle.
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The Delphic oracle declared that no one in the world was wiser than Socrates.
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Why has the Delphic oracle been called "the common hearth of Hellas"?
Uso de oracle of Delphi en inglés
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Thus both the Amphictyonic Council and the oracle of Delphi were in their power.
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The Beotians had suffered from drought for two years and sent to consult the oracle of Delphi.
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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.
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When the city of Athens was once in danger of being attacked and destroyed, the oracle of Delphi was consulted.
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Parnassus, the famous mountain of Phocis, the seat of the temple and oracle of Delphi and the home of the Muses.
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For having sent to consult the oracle of Delphi concerning the fortune of his new government and city, he received this answer:
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What was the mad oracle of Delphi, but a wretched creature whose limbs had the unfortunate conformation of an object of desire!
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The commonwealth of the Laws, like the Republic, cannot dispense with a spiritual head, which is the same in both-theoracle of Delphi.
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But with the increasing influence of the Dorian oracle of Delphi, with which it was connected, it became gradually considered a Hellenic institution.
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The oracle of Delphi, in response to a question put by his friend Chaerephon, had affirmed that no man was wiser than Socrates.
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But as this was a step of doubtful propriety, they first consulted the oracle of Delphi, the great authority on questions of international law.
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Outbreak of the Ten Years' Sacred War, caused by the Crissians levying grievous taxes on those who went to consult the oracle of Delphi.
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Engaged in an obstinate war with the neighbouring Absinthians, the Doloncians had sent to the oracle of Delphi to learn the result of the contest.
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The main-top, over which he presided, was a sort of oracle of Delphi; to which many pilgrims ascended, to have their perplexities or differences settled.
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Byron alludes to the oracle of Delphi where, speaking of Rousseau, whose writings he conceives did much to bring on the French revolution, he says: