EPISODE · Apr 2, 2026 · 9 MIN
The Oracle at Delphi: The Woman Who Spoke for Apollo
from Crazy Alchemist · host Crazy Alchemist
For nine months of each year, a woman in the inner chamber of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi answered questions that shaped the ancient world. She was called the Pythia. Kings consulted her before going to war. Cities asked her permission to exist. The gas theory, the trance, the ambiguous answers, and the question of whether any of it was real.
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For nine months of each year, a woman in the inner chamber of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi answered questions that shaped the ancient world. She was called the Pythia. Kings consulted her before going to war. Cities asked her permission to exist. The gas theory, the trance, the ambiguous answers, and the question of whether any of it was real.
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