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pithiatic

Postby damoge » Fri Aug 13, 2010 5:38 pm

have seen two suggestions, one, means hysterical, other, means subject to or affected by, suggestion, hypnosis.

Does anyone know?

HELP!

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Pithiatic = Pythia

Postby Slava » Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:52 pm

I think this should help: Pythia. I'm not sure why the Y changed to I.

The important part is the last sentence of the second paragraph:

"One common view has been that the Pythia delivered oracles in a frenzied state induced by vapors rising from a chasm in the rock, and that she spoke gibberish which priests reshaped into the enigmatic prophecies preserved in Greek literature."
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Postby damoge » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:18 pm

AHA! as usual, the elders recognized the import and usefulness of "altered states"!

Thanks so much!
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Postby Slava » Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:23 pm

AHA! as usual, the elders recognized the import and usefulness of "altered states"!

Thanks so much!
Ah, then again, just how much credence would you want to grant the advice of someone in a hallucinogenic frenzy? I have these deed papers for a bridge you might be interested in.
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