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Meanings of Oracle of Apollo in английском
(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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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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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.
Usage of Oracle of Apollo in английском
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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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I also saw the famous Kastalian Spring which was once an oracle of Apollo.
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Here the oracle of Apollo gave answers to those who came to consult that divinity.
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Desiring to consult the oracle of Apollo concerning his campaign, he now proceeded to Delphi.
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The most celebrated oracle of Apollo was at Delphi.]
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There was an oracle of Apollo, he urged, which said "Beware of the lame reign."
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He thought best therefore to make a voyage to Claros in Ionia, to consult the oracle of Apollo.
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He thought best, therefore, to make a voyage to Carlos in Ionia, to consult the oracle of Apollo.
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Delphi, the seat and oracle of Apollo, had a mountainous and rocky situation, on the skirts of Parnassus.
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Castalian Cave, oracle of Apollo.
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The oracle of Apollo at Delphi is the most remarkable; and respecting it we are furnished with the greatest body of particulars.
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There were twenty-two oracles of Apollo in different parts of the Grecian world, but a much smaller number of those of Zeus.