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2006-12-01 15:57:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Funny! No, never wonder. At the corporate level Delphi had no oracles. On the line level, every shop/store/office/school has at least one.
2006-12-02 06:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I dont know if you mean "were there any ever?" or are there any still?
I'll go with ever.
I will say that supposably the oracles of Delphi would have most likely been epileptics. Known by the Ancient Greeks as "the Sacred Disease" it was believed that those who suffered from it were actually recieiving messages from the gods. If you have ever been around someone with siezures that dont cause them to lose conciousness speaking in tongues and saying mystifying things is part of the gig (just ask my friends).
I just found this article that gives a good idea of it which I suggest. Ill put it in the sources.
2006-12-02 01:20:42 · answer #2 · answered by uberzwitter67 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually most of the prophecies came from chewing the leaves of a type of hallucinogen so that the priestess would go into a trancelike state and begin to mumble. A priest specially selected for the job would then interpet what the oracle was saying. If you wanted a good interpetation you usually had to bribe the priest before hand.
2006-12-02 02:21:06 · answer #3 · answered by West Coast Nomad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They said it's supposed to be some fumes that come (or came, I'm not sure which), out of the ground and got the "priestesses" high. I'm not making this up! I saw it on a special about ancient Greece.
2006-12-02 00:19:16 · answer #4 · answered by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They still all speak in riddles and you have no idea what they are talking about
2006-12-02 00:19:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not but it's possible.
2006-12-02 00:03:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont thnk so.
2006-12-01 23:59:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
huh?
2006-12-02 00:05:14 · answer #8 · answered by ripkenfan86 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋