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Disappointing History
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RE: Disappointing History
(February 7, 2019 at 6:33 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: The predictive failures of the pythias at delphi.  You kind of assume that to have been such an influential oracle you would at least have to be good at guessing...?

Not so much.

Fie on you, sir!  Croesus tested the oracles  throughout Greece and Delphi was the only one who passed.  Herodotus wouldn't fib about this.

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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Disappointing History - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 5, 2019 at 6:34 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Gawdzilla Sama - February 5, 2019 at 7:41 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by ignoramus - February 5, 2019 at 7:49 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Gawdzilla Sama - February 5, 2019 at 7:56 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Dr H - February 7, 2019 at 5:07 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Gawdzilla Sama - February 7, 2019 at 5:46 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by fredd bear - February 23, 2019 at 8:19 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 23, 2019 at 9:28 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Gawdzilla Sama - February 24, 2019 at 8:31 am
RE: Disappointing History - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 27, 2019 at 7:03 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by fredd bear - February 27, 2019 at 6:33 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by The Grand Nudger - February 7, 2019 at 6:33 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Gawdzilla Sama - February 7, 2019 at 7:58 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 8, 2019 at 1:55 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Brian37 - February 7, 2019 at 8:47 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Little lunch - February 24, 2019 at 3:08 am
RE: Disappointing History - by Rev. Rye - February 7, 2019 at 10:06 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Jackalope - February 8, 2019 at 12:37 am
RE: Disappointing History - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - February 8, 2019 at 1:56 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by The Valkyrie - February 27, 2019 at 6:43 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Little lunch - February 28, 2019 at 9:15 am
RE: Disappointing History - by fredd bear - March 2, 2019 at 6:39 pm
RE: Disappointing History - by Little lunch - March 3, 2019 at 12:48 am

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