is it true that the oracle of Delphi, instead of being a virgin maiden was a post menopause women?
Posted by admin on May 19, 2010
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Yes, it was an older woman.
"The priestess of the oracle at Delphi was known as the Pythia. Apollo spoke through his oracle, who had to be an older woman of blameless life chosen from among the peasants of the area."