Oracle of Delphi
199What's so great about So-crates?
22 Jul 2024
8:13¶ 27
“That’s exactly what he says, except there’s one other thing that goes with that. One of his friends, he says, goes to the Oracle…”
8:41¶ 28
“I think it’s interesting that nobody picks up on the ambiguity of that statement. Does that mean that there’s anybody wise? Does it mean…”
9:01¶ 29
“Socrates says that he, being a pious man, doesn’t flat out say, “Boy, did the Oracle get that one wrong,” but he is a…”
195From Marathon and On
3 Jun 2024
17:19¶ 53
“The Oracle was an oracle of Apollo. He revealed himself to a particular priestess, who under the influence of certain fumes from the earth…”
17:44¶ 54
“The first message was not too hopeful, but then the Oracle spoke again and it seemed at the end like there was something. It…”
16:55¶ 52
“Athens is wide open and they are very concerned because their Spartan allies are down and out. They send to the Oracle in Delphi…”
192The Medo-Persian Empire
14 May 2024
12:57¶ 57
“Go for it. That’s fine,” and the Oracle replies, “Look, the reply was deliberately vague. Why weren’t you smart enough to ask which empire?…”
12:05¶ 52
“So that’s, according to Herodotus, more or less what’s been going on. Cyrus is busy taking what had been Chaldean or Babylonian territory to…”
12:31¶ 53
“If you do, you will destroy a great empire.”