The foundation of all Western philosophy is based on Socrates' belief that we should strive for self-examination; he stated, "The unexamined life is not worth living." He concluded that by knowing ...

Bienen and Communication senior Mya Vandegrift’s “Pythia” premieres as a fusion of opera and musical theatre Thursday. As Communication junior and producer Nora James Eikner describes, the performance ...

Charles Sandison, Garden of Pythia (work in progress). Courtesy of the artist. PCAI artwork commission Observer caught up with Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the founder of PCAI and a passionate patron ...

Ancient writers claimed the Oracle of Delphi entered trances after inhaling vapors from the earth. Modern scientists tested whether geological gases could explain her visions. Early studies suggested ...

Set in Greece around 2,000 years ago, this musical comedy follows the fading glory of the Oracle of Delphi—once the most famous place for divine predictions. Now struggling for support and funds, the ...

Balanchine regarded Apollo as his artistic coming of age. He said that through the creation of this work, he learned he could "dare not use all my ideas, that I too, could eliminate. . . to the one ...

Was the Oracle of Delphi truly able to predict the future, or was she simply inhaling mysterious vapors? In this video, we explore the ancient theory that the Oracle's prophecies were caused by ...

The site of the ancient Greek sanctuary of the Oracle of Delphi was established on the lower slopes of Mount Parnassus at the beginning of the fourth century B.C. ­– (although some records suggest it ...

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