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Here is the image: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-only-surviving-image-of-the-Delphic-Pythia-Aegeus-the-mythical-king-of-Athens_fig1_262091264 https:/
by dr_dshiv 4y ago
Here is the image:
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-only-surviving-image-of-the-Delphic-Pythia-Aegeus-the-mythical-king-of-Athens_fig1_262091264 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-only-surviving-image...
Also, the ethylene theorists have a rebuttal.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/155636507014778 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/155636507014778...
It’s funny that neither paper attempted to just try the stuff and, you know, attempt mantic divination.
And there is some evidence for those laurel leaves (which were chewed) to be psychoactive.
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/581067/summary https://muse.jhu.edu/article/581067/summary
And, finally, that the oracle used lots (dice, basically) for divination. More randomness.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/358831 https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.1086/358831
- pjot 4y agoAlso, the ethylene theorists have a rebuttal. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/155636507014778 ... This page 404’s - do you have another source?
- mgdlbp 4y agoGP included HN's ellipsis when copying the link from a previous comment of theirs. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15563650701477803 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/155636507014778...
- NKosmatos 4y agoCame here to say the same thing, it's either Laurel or Oleander leaves that Pythia (the high priestess) either chewed or inhaled (their fumes). At least that's what I remember from high school and what most Greeks know. It's debated that the whole Oracle of Delphi thing could be a very well organized scam, but that's another discussion. It's a place worth the visit: https://www.visitgreece.gr/mainland/central-greece/delphi/ https://www.visitgreece.gr/mainland/central-greece/delphi/