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by dr_dshiv
1486 days ago
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One of the main functions of the Oracle was to tell people where to settle, move and colonize. This played a major role in the Greek colonization movement from 800-400 BC around the Mediterranean and Black Sea. One woman and her priests became a central clearing house for the ideas and issues of the entire Greek world. She was almost certainly the most influential person in the world. The Oracle work was combine with the Panhellenic Pythian games (music, art and sports). In the off season, Apollo went north to the Hyperboreans — and the cult of Dionysus took over. The Oracle was part of a whole cultural complex that played many functional values. I’m not sure what being “just BS” could mean in this context. |
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