The Oracle of Delphi
The Ancients
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The Role of the Dice Oracle in the History of the Ancients
Garrett: The Romans love having some infamous omens to assign to like this moment in their history. It begs the question about the validity, the veracity of these stories,. For instance, Zannah Wood and Wood and Wall. Do we think that these events could have happened or that these are later additions to a story added at a later date? Garrett: I guess the best we can say is that the Oracle certainly gave many thousands of these prophecies, and they were taken seriously in most cases.
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