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Definition of Pythia
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles.
Definition of Pythia
1. Proper noun. The priestess of Pythian Apollo, the Oracle of Delphi ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pythia
Literary usage of Pythia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"After purification he was sent by the pythia to serve Eurystheus. ... He consulted
the pythia about a cure for the consequent madness, but she declined to ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"They are too prone to represent the Biblical writer as a purely passive intermediary,
something after the style of the pythia. Nevertheless, they did not ..."
3. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1843)
"demned criminal who was able to read. ! priests of Diana ; of the pythia of Del-
So necessary to the stale was every man > phos ; and, in more remote ..."
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