The Delphic Oracle (In Our Time)
800 BCE · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Delphic Oracle, the most important source of prophecies in the ancient world. In central Greece, on the flank of Mount Parnassus, lies the ruined city of Delphi. For over a thousand years, between approximately 800 BC and 400 AD, this was the most sacred place in the ancient world. Its chief attraction was the Delphic Oracle, which predicted the future and offered petitioners advice.
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Around 800 BCE
- Homer's Iliad and Odyssey (750 BCE)
- Founding of Rome (traditional) (753 BCE)
- Upanishads composed (800 BCE)
- Founding of Carthage (814 BCE)
- Homer (800 BCE)
- Greek alphabet developed (800 BCE)
- Spring and Autumn period (771 BCE)
- Rise of the polis (750 BCE)
- The prophet Elijah (900 BCE)
- First Olympic Games (776 BCE)