concept
The Pythia and Delphic oracle
the Pythia
also: Phoebus, tripod and laurel
The priestess of Apollo (Phoebus) at Delphi, who delivered oracles from a tripod amid laurel. Lucretius says the Presocratics' insights were holier and surer than her pronouncements.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of Things §5.7 Pythia
The priestess of Apollo at Delphi who gave oracles seated on a tripod; Lucretius claims to prophesy more truly than she.