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Significados de Delphic oracle em inglês
(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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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"?
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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 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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Those strongholds of the old paganism, the Delphic oracle, the Olympian games, and the Eleusinian mysteries, were abolished.
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Dr. Hartwell (your Delphic oracle, it seems) says I am as fierce as a tropical tornado.
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The messengers despatched by the Athenians to the Delphic oracle received indeed an answer well calculated to appal them.
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I listen to your words as to a Delphic oracle, and do not pretend to understand their ambiguous meaning.
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When they were "possessed," as the Delphic oracle would say, they marched toward truth like an invincible troop.
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The Locrians made frequent attempts to rid themselves of this burden, but were always threatened by the Delphic oracle with disaster.