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Pythia   /pˈɪθiə/   Listen
Pythia

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles.  Synonym: Pythoness.





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"Pythia" Quotes from Famous Books



... Of Achilles divine, to whom Pyrrha an heir, The boy Neoptolemus, gladly did bear, The destroyer of Trojans, of Grecians the shield— Thy protection to us, Neoptolemus yield! Who blessed doth slumber in Pythia's green plain; To accept this oblation of hymns from us deign, And each peril drive far from our city benign.— Of Thetis I sing with her ...
— Targum • George Borrow


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