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How to know the future : from oracle to divination

Team

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Agios Spyridonas Special School

1rst Junior high school Markopoulo

IES

Jandula

IES

Al Andalus

Collège

Jules Verne

Collège

St Gabriel

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Fotini

Christine

Marta

Sergio

Andrea

Antonio ?

Pierre

Hugo

Tristan

Amélie

et Léa

Tittle of the topic

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Oidipus an impossible escape

Do we have to be blind to see the truth?

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Apollo and the Pythia

The Sibylline oracles

  • Choose a topic about oracle and divination
  • Write your choice in the table
  • If you want an other topic, feel free to suggest it to your teacher
  • Present your topic in the ppt (pictures, summary…)
  • Find enigmas about your topic
  • Don’t forget to cite your sources

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Apollo and the Pythia

The Oracle of Delphi was an institution in Ancient Greece, dedicated to the god Apollo. Only one priestess operated at Delphi at any one time, and the name given to her was 'the Pythia'.

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The sibylline oracles

The Sibylline oracles constitute an essential aspect about religion and the Greek culture. The oracles in the answer given by a God a personal question, generally belongs to the future, as a divination method. They can’t be pronounced, only for a few gods in precise places on precise objects

Sibylline, what does it mean?

It is mysterious because it seems to

contain an important secret or it may

has various hidden meanings.

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Oedipus : an impossible escape

It is impossible for Oidipus to get away from the Gods and his fate.

So regardless of emotions, human actions fate can be occur. It is unchangable. However his mother try to escape from her destiny she did not manage to get away from it. His passionate and dogmatic nature leads him to his path of self discovery. He suffered from his destiny as he commited crimes.

Fotini, Greece

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Do we have to be blind to see the truth ?

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Enigmas

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Sitography

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