Delphic

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Called “The Four Sibyls,” the frescoes depict the female seers of ancient Greek and Roman mythology, including the Roman, Cumaean, Erythraean and Delphic sibyls.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

Pythagoras himself was said to have been inspired to study philosophy by the Delphic priestess Themistoclea.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

Its king, Oedipus, desperate to understand why the gods have called such a plague down upon his realm, sends an emissary to the famed Delphic Oracle to find out.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2020

“Wily and ruthless, Delphic and adept, he is the best of breed of a new kind of back room bonze,” the profile continued, using another word for Buddhist monk.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2019

He must go to the Taurian country, the Delphic priestess said, and bring away the sacred image of Artemis from her temple.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton