When something unexpected happens to us we still tend to ask “why me?” – and it’s difficult to know where to look for an answer. While scientific analysis can provide us with better general ...

Most people know about the famous Oracle of Delphi, but did you know there was a second, massive oracle that rivaled it in ...

An oracle well devoted to Apollo recently discovered in Athens (all photos by Jutta Stroszeck, courtesy Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Athens) “Come to me, O Paean, and bring with you the true ...

Visiting the Oracle at Delphi is nothing short of soul-stirring. So is retracing the path that ancient visitors took to get there. Credit...Maria Mavropoulou for The New York Times Supported by By Liz ...

The road to Delphi saw some strange traffic in its day. It was on that road that Oedipus met, and impulsively murdered, the man who would turn out to be his father, thereby fulfilling the prophecy of ...

You don’t have to believe in oracles to find them interesting. This is the premise of “The Road to Delphi,” Michael Wood’s subtle and wide-ranging consideration of oracles and the oracular mode. In ...

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