It is said of Sybil, the Delphic divinatory oracle of ancient Greece, that she asked for immortality but forgot to ask for youth. |
But that's still a lot of money, so what about disclosing instead of being Delphic? |
The Delphic oracles responded to questions about the future by issuing prophecies. |
We should be careful, because the Delphic Oracle used cryptic answers that often left the inquisitor more confused than helped. |
But the jury with its customary Delphic clarity did not reveal precisely how they had come to that figure. |
In addition to the two most famous Delphic exhortations, we have copies of inscriptions from two columns at the temple itself. |