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Pythian /ˈpɪθɪən/adjectiveRelating to or characteristic of Pythia, the priestess of Apollo at Delphi in ancient Greece: she begins to lose faith in the Pythian prophecy...- The most revered shrine of the Ancient World was the temple of Phoebus Apollo at Delphi, where the oracle was uttered by the Pythian Priestess.
- The tripod is the symbol of Pythian Apollo whose cult lay at the root of the tenets of Pythagorean philosophical beliefs.
- Socrates, that wisest of men, if we may accept the judgement of the Pythian oracle, not only approved of dancing, but made a careful study of it.
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