Essays Tagged: "Pythia"
Socrates refused to flee Athens when the Senate gave him the chance to, instead he chose to be put to death. This was his reasoning.
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
Friendship
nd optimistic and uplifting mood. In the myth, two best friends are put to the test as friends when Pythias was accused of trying to overthrow the ruler. Pythias was sentenced to death, but he wanted ... sentenced to death, but he wanted to say goodbye to his family. Damon was then put in the place of Pythias while Pythias said goodbye to his family. When the time was running out to minutes, Pythias ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
To what extent do stories and information about Apollo's personalities problems suggest that these problems can be resolved?
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Mythology
Evaluation of Socrates' Argument that he is Not Afraid of Death
aults, and will show that, while there may have been "no man wiser" than Socrates, as stated by the Pythian prophetess, his arguments against his fear of death were far from "wise." In the end, even h ... wise." As Socrates explains, when asked who was wiser than Socrates, the god of Delphi, through the Pythian oracle, stated that there was "no man wiser."Socrates, not able to believe such a claim, sou ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy
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t from someone seeking advice. The most popular of these oracles was the Oracle of Delphi where the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo, when asked for advice, would enter a cave, and become completely tr ... e was erected around the cave, and after an offering was made to the god, in return for the advice, Pythia would sputter many incoherent things which were then interpreted by the prophetic priests who ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith
Greek Hebrew Comparison
came: to send the son of Monoeceus, Creon- my own Jocasta's brother- to the place Apollo haunts at Pythia to learn what act or covenant of mine could still redeem the state" (Sophocles 7).This, howev ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith