Pythia (Oracle of Delphi)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pythia_(Oracle_of_Delphi)
GPTKB entity
Statements (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:priest
gptkb:Oracle
gptkbp:activePeriod 8th century BCE to 4th century CE
gptkbp:age later middle-aged women
originally young women
gptkbp:attendants priests
prophetai
gptkbp:consultedFor foreigners
individuals
kings
city-states
gptkbp:criteria chosen from local women
gptkbp:culture Ancient Greece
gptkbp:declinedAfter rise of Christianity
gptkbp:famousProphecies gptkb:Alexander_the_Great
gptkb:Socrates
gptkb:Orestes
gptkb:Croesus
Themistocles
gptkbp:gender female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pythia (Oracle of Delphi)
gptkbp:influenced major decisions in Greek world
gptkbp:interpretedBy prophecies interpreted by priests
gptkbp:lastOracle circa 393 CE
gptkbp:location gptkb:Delphi
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Apollo
gptkbp:mythologicalRole gptkb:Python_(serpent)
gptkbp:prophecyDay seventh day of each month
gptkbp:prophecyLanguage gptkb:Greek
gptkbp:prophecyMethod entered trance
inhaled vapors
gptkbp:prophecySeason nine months per year
not during winter
gptkbp:rituals bathed in Castalian Spring
chewed laurel leaves
sat on tripod
gptkbp:role delivered prophecies
gptkbp:serves gptkb:Temple_of_Apollo_at_Delphi
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:train
laurel
vapors
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Temple_of_Apollo_at_Delphi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6