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November 17, 2009

The Oracle at Delphi - Not Just Hot Air


Most people are acquainted with the myths of ancient Greece. We've heard of Hercules and Zeus, Aphrodite and Era, Achilles and possibly Ulysses. But what about the oracle of Delphi? This was a mystic place where the gods, who knew everything and saw everything, communicated with the wretched humans and revealed to them the path to glory.

Unlike the mythical heroes, however, this place really existed, and now new scientific research has demonstrated how the legend began - and it's all thanks to the peculiar geological setting of the area – a combination of active faults, seismic activity and a layer of coal! Indeed it seems that two thousands years of wars and battles may have have been won or lost thanks to the advice of women whose senses were dulled by methane blowing from a crack in the ground!

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2 comments:

Antoine said...

It was for all the Greeks a holly place, all Greek cities had treasures kept at Delphi and for the Greeks it was the center of the Earth

Anonymous said...

I've just noted that this post is in the category myths. These are NOT myths, these things were really happening in Ancient Greece.

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