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Tiresias: The Ancient Mediterranean Religions Source Database



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Heraclitus Lesbius, Fragments, b93
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1. Homer, Odyssey, 11.99-11.100, 12.109, 12.118 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

2. Heraclitus of Ephesus, Fragments, b93, b101 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

3. Parmenides, Fragments, 8.3, 8.4, b2.1, b8.6 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

4. Herodotus, Histories, 1.53, 7.142, 9.33 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1.53. The Lydians who were to bring these gifts to the temples were instructed by Croesus to inquire of the oracles whether he was to send an army against the Persians and whether he was to add an army of allies. ,When the Lydians came to the places where they were sent, they presented the offerings, and inquired of the oracles, in these words: “Croesus, king of Lydia and other nations, believing that here are the only true places of divination among men, endows you with such gifts as your wisdom deserves. And now he asks you whether he is to send an army against the Persians, and whether he is to add an army of allies.” ,Such was their inquiry; and the judgment given to Croesus by each of the two oracles was the same: namely, that if he should send an army against the Persians he would destroy a great empire. And they advised him to discover the mightiest of the Greeks and make them his friends. 7.142. This answer seemed to be and really was more merciful than the first, and the envoys, writing it down, departed for Athens. When the messengers had left Delphi and laid the oracle before the people, there was much inquiry concerning its meaning, and among the many opinions which were uttered, two contrary ones were especially worthy of note. Some of the elder men said that the gods answer signified that the acropolis should be saved, for in old time the acropolis of Athens had been fenced by a thorn hedge, ,which, by their interpretation, was the wooden wall. But others supposed that the god was referring to their ships, and they were for doing nothing but equipping these. Those who believed their ships to be the wooden wall were disabled by the two last verses of the oracle: quote type="oracle" l met="dact"Divine Salamis, you will bring death to women's sons /l lWhen the corn is scattered, or the harvest gathered in. /l /quote ,These verses confounded the opinion of those who said that their ships were the wooden wall, for the readers of oracles took the verses to mean that they should offer battle by sea near Salamis and be there overthrown. 9.33. On the second day after they had all been arrayed according to their nations and their battalions, both armies offered sacrifice. It was Tisamenus who sacrificed for the Greeks, for he was with their army as a diviner; he was an Elean by birth, a Clytiad of the Iamid clan, and the Lacedaemonians gave him the freedom of their city. ,This they did, for when Tisamenus was inquiring of the oracle at Delphi concerning offspring, the priestess prophesied to him that he should win five great victories. Not understanding that oracle, he engaged in bodily exercise, thinking that he would then be able to win in similar sports. When he had trained himself for the Five Contests, he came within one wrestling bout of winning the Olympic prize, in a match with Hieronymus of Andros. ,The Lacedaemonians, however, perceived that the oracle given to Tisamenus spoke of the lists not of sport but of war, and they attempted to bribe Tisamenus to be a leader in their wars jointly with their kings of Heracles' line. ,When he saw that the Spartans set great store by his friendship, he set his price higher, and made it known to them that he would do what they wanted only in exchange for the gift of full citizenship and all of the citizen's rights. ,Hearing that, the Spartans at first were angry and completely abandoned their request; but when the dreadful menace of this Persian host hung over them, they consented and granted his demand. When he saw their purpose changed, he said that he would not be content with that alone; his brother Hegias too must be made a Spartan on the same terms as himself.
5. Plutarch, Oracles At Delphi No Longer Given In Verse, 404de (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
anthropo-philautia, epistemic, examples of Sattler, Ancient Ethics and the Natural World (2021) 87
body Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
citations Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
creation Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
croesus Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
delphi Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
divination, and approximation to the divine Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
divination, and knowledge-claims Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
divination, as conjectural Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
divination, mantic families Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
divination, the delphic oracle Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 48, 114, 266
divination Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
god; gods Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
heraclitus, and traditional religion Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 48
heraclitus, on apollo Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
heraclitus Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
homer, on divination Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
intertextuality Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
lloyd, g.e.r. Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 48
logos Sattler, Ancient Ethics and the Natural World (2021) 87
mopsus Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
oracles Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
parker, r. Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
parmenides, and becoming like god Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 266
parmenides, and oracles Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 266
parmenides, his attitude to divine disclosure Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 266
parmenides, the proem Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 266
poetic inspiration Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 266
rationality, in divination Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
religion, greek, and philosophy, philosophical criticisms and appropriations Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 48
religion, greek, and philosophy, philosophy as part of religion Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 48
religion, greek, and philosophy Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 48
religion, greek, beliefs in Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 48
religious belief' Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 48
road signs, and parmenides sēmata Folit-Weinberg, Homer, Parmenides, and the Road to Demonstration (2022) 221
sophocles Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
soul Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
stoicism, teiresias Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114
sēma, and ancient greek road signs Folit-Weinberg, Homer, Parmenides, and the Road to Demonstration (2022) 221
sēma, and od. Folit-Weinberg, Homer, Parmenides, and the Road to Demonstration (2022) 221
sēma, in fr. 8 Folit-Weinberg, Homer, Parmenides, and the Road to Demonstration (2022) 221
sēma, in od. 12 Folit-Weinberg, Homer, Parmenides, and the Road to Demonstration (2022) 221
theon Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
theon (friend of plutarch) Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
transformation Brenk and Lanzillotta, Plutarch on Literature, Graeco-Roman Religion, Jews and Christians (2023) 64
xenophanes, his attitude to divine disclosure, his attitude to divine disclosure Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 114