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Conversations: Can You Smell the God In the Air?! Epiphanies in Antiquity w/ Gillian Glass

Let's Talk About Myths, Baby! | Greek Mythology & the Ancient Mediterranean

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Are You Having an Epiphany With a Statue?

As the mouthpiece of the god, are you experiencing the god at this moment? You can have an epiphany with a statue. The priests that are interpreting her too. There's so many intermediaries involved in the oracle. She didn't talk to anyone directly. She heard it from the god, and then the priests interpreted her, and then they told the person who was asking the question. Its like there's so many go betweens. I mean, i love all the stuff so muchits so fun. Yes, ands. Like, even how much is in the homeric hims where im like, man, i've read those agod dozen times, and

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