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The Delphic Oracle: How Priestesses Shaped Greek Politics
Long before historians and philosophers debated fate and free will, Greeks of all city-states — kings, generals, and common citizens — traveled to Delphi to consult the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo who delivered cryptic prophecies from a tripod. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Oracle of Delphi not as a tourist attraction or literary trope, but as a functional political and religious institution that influenced colonization, warfare, and lawmaking across the Mediterranean. They discuss how the Pythia's trance — perhaps induced by ethylene gas from a geological fault — was…
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