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 ...

In 356BC, the site of the Delphic oracle, hidden in the folds of Mount Parnassus, between the Corycian cave and the Castalian spring, was invaded by the army of neighbouring Phocis and placed under ...

This program was first broadcast on 8/8/2004. Built around a sacred spring, it was considered the centre of the world. People came to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia, the ...

The Road to Delphi: The Life and Afterlife of Oracles by Michael Wood 292pp, Chatto, £17.99 Michael Wood could have called his new book The Music of Chance if his friend Paul Auster had not got there ...

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

The practice of consulting seers, oracles and dream interpreters to know what the future holds dates back to antiquity. Their advice was eagerly sought not only by ordinary people, but also by mighty ...

The Oracle at Delphi is referenced throughout Greek myths and history. Supposedly she was rendered psychic by Apollo. Practically, she was off her skull on gas that seeped out of the fissures of the ...