For centuries, Greeks flocked to the Oracle at Delphi to have an understanding of what the future held for them. Today people study tarot cards or have their palm read, in Greece, it was the oracle. The Greeks believed that Pythia, the daughter of Apollo, could predict your future. The oracles would answer the questions on the seventh day of the month and citizens would wait in a long line. Those at the end of the line may not even be seen. The oracle was attended by members of all social classes, from the typical farmer to the merchants and even kings. The city-state of Delphi prospered greatly because of the oracles and profited in many ways. It would become a meeting place for scholars to debate and engage in intellectual inquiry. Occasionally, rivals would meet at Delphi to negotiate and solve their differences.
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