The Pythia: high priestess of Delphi. Most influential women of Ancient Greece

The Pythia, mysterious figures of ancient lore. Not myth, though.

Did you know

There were several Pythias.

The Pythias are said to have been poetesses

The Pythia spoke in cryptic messages translated by priests

She would have been a teenager, unmarried young woman, or woman past childbearing age.

Alexander the Great and many kings visited the Pythia

The Pythia influenced state, kings, and citizens with her prophecies

Pythia’s Whisper, a poem

Pythia’s Whisper

In Delphi’s sacred shadow, she speaks,
Veiled in mist of ancient dreams,
A breath of earth and smoke she seeks,
Where truth in whispered echoes streams.

Her voice, a tremor through the veil,
Glimmers of the gods, their will,
In trance she rides the hidden gale,
To prophesy with fervent thrill.

The chasm breathes its mystic air,
A sigh of fate, a quiver deep,
She dances in the temple’s lair,
Where ancient secrets softly seep.

In every riddle, cosmic dance,
A glimpse of truth, both fierce and sweet,
The Pythia, in fleeting trance,
Unfolds the world’s concealed heartbeat.

Short version

In Delphi’s shadow, veiled in mist, 
She breathes the gods’ ethereal kiss, 
In trance, her voice through secrets weaves, 
Prophecies in whispered leaves.

This information is from my mind, from too much reading.

The book Alexandros (this was the Spanish name, but this is my favorite book, I’ll buy this book) of his visit to Pythia.

A philologist I follow (who is not safe for home education) speaks of her poetry.

Many ancient historians wrote of the Pythia.

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With love,

Eve