#oracle of delphi art

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"I know the number of the sand and the measure of the sea;I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless." - Oracle of Delphi to Croesus of Lydia / According to Herodotus

Third version of the most powerful woman of the ancient greek world.

What a lonely life it must have been.

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dionysus and apollo!

i call this mythology studying

close ups under the cut 🫶

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The Oracle at Delphi

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Priestess of Delphi by John Collier (1891)

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Delphi by Rene Gross

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Apollo raising the vapours

he is dancing!! are the vapours of delphi? is he raising the sick or having a vision?? or is it just dance night with the muses plus artemis (who knows)!

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three-footed bowl

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Sharing more of my culture🤺🤺🤺

The title of Cumaean Sibyl was actually from the high Italic priestess, who presided over the oracle of Apollo, and Hecate. located in the Magna Graecia city of Cuma . She carried out her oracular activity near Lake Avernus , in a cave known as the " Cave of the Sibyl " where the priestess, inspired by the divinity, transcribed her prophecies in hexameters on palm leaves which, at the end of the prediction, were mixed by the winds coming from the hundred openings of the cave, making the prophecies "sibylline", that is, difficult and uncertain to interpret. Her importance in the Italic world was equal to that of the famous oracle of Apollo of Delphi in Greece .

These Sibyls were young virgins, who were thought to be able to live longer than ordinary mortals (which is why they are sometimes depicted as decrepit old women), who performed divinatory activities , entering a state of trance ( furor ).

The etymology of the Italian Sibilla derives from the Latin Sibylla , which in turn refers to the ancient Greek Σῐ́βυλλᾰ ( Síbulla ). Although the hypothesis remains uncertain, going back to the Doric Σίοβολλα ( Síobolla ), it is hypothesized that its meaning can be found in the Attic Θεοβούλη ( Theoboúlē ), that is, “divine will”.

So here is a drawing for now

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The Oracle of Delphi

. . .

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The Pythia

(and her god)

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The Oracle of the Ministry

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Orestes at Delphi flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priestesses of the oracle, perhaps including Pythia behind the tripod - Paestan red-figured bell-krater, c. 330 BCE.

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DAY 8: EYES

Based on the GF Inktober prompt by @/parkerISspider on Twitter!

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So… chapter 39 of ASWTN… aha am I right guys…

@immoralimmortals thanks for the food boss 🫡‼️

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Commission for @starlitprism of their character Delphi!

Thank you again for commissioning me! 😊

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Charlotte's Art History Tarot - Card 2 - The High Priestess

Art: Priestess of Delphi – John Collier

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