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Did the Oracle at Delphi Actually Support the Persians?
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Did the Oracle at Delphi Actually Support the Persians?
In the spring of 480 BCE, the Persian king Xerxes I advanced into Greece. In those turbulent years, the Temple of Apollo at Delphi stood as the center of Hellenistic religion. As was customary in all previous wars, an Athenian delegation climbed to the temple at Delphi in search of answers. However, Herodotus reports that they were met at Delphi with a response that froze the blood in their veins: abandon your cities, for destruction is inevitab…
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