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Delphi priestesses and the Delphi oracle debate
A Washington Post overview examines if the Delphi pythia truly channeled Apollo or were drugged by gases rising from geology beneath the temple. Scientists trace vapors including methane ethane and ethylene from fault lines and travertine to explain the oracle’s altered states and Plutarch era behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
Delphi
John Hale
University of Louisville
Jelle Zeilinga de Boer
Wesleyan University
Connecticut
Hale
Zeilinga de Boer