Anthropology and spirit possession: A reconsideration of the Pythia's role at Delphi
The Journal of Hellenic Studies November 1, 1995 Lisa Maurizio 125 citations
During a consultation at Delphi, one of Apollo's servants imagined, heard, intuited, or feigned Apollo's presence and then uttered Apollo's divine response to the human client who made inquiry of the god. Such inspired mimicry appears incomprehensible to the non-believing distant observer to whom Apollo no longer speaks. Scholars hear nothing at Delphi and, steadfast in their faith in...