Arcadia Discussion Zone

Following on from the posts in the "Que Poussin Teniers gardent la clef" topic, I thought I'd start this here as it isn't directly related to RLC.
This program is a BBC docu about Delphi, it's oracle and the history surrounding it. Well worth a watch if you have time. One interesting link that I picked up was the location of the Oracle's temple. It is at the bottom of a mountain that contains a cave which the locals used to venerate their gods. This has striking similarities to the Great Antrum at Baia with its Temple of Apollo higher up on its peak.
The common consensus seems to be that the gas inhaled by the Oracle at Delphi was Ethylene causing hallucinations from a fault line running through the temple.

http://history.docuwat.ch/videos/greek/ ... d=4&skip=0
Regards
Nic

*

*

the number three
and the letters M and W

Male and woman

.

.

I imagine that Nic & myself would say you are more than welcome to expand this thread John.

.

.

.

You might like this link,

http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http ... 7qOZbUuOEP



and that's the way it should be.

I did indeed mean the Oracle at Cuma, cheers for pointing that out. Feel free to expand this topic across to the other Oracles, as there are obvious connections. Nice link Sheila, thanks .
Regards
Nic

.

As usual Whoop john ...Great Pictures love them

i assume the entrances were hidden by the Romans to ensure that no-one would be able to use the underground network for its oracular purposes of contacting the dead....so they left the temples alone but closed off the subterranean parts.

i wonder who was in this "tomb"...who was their "divine ancestor"...?



No, one entrance and two exits...remember Aeneas and the two doors.

*

.

.

.

i think that's the idea.

The Aragonese Castle...no i meant the summer residence of Julius Caesar.

.

*

.