I)

1.a) What town was famous for its oracle?The Greek town of Delphi was famous for its
oracle.
ILI b) What was the Greek town of Delphi famous for? It was famous for its oracle.
2. Who sought advice from her and why?
Kings, emperors and common people sought advice from her before making some important
decision.
ILI What did many kings, emperors and common people seek from her? --- They sought
advice before making impostant decision.

II)
1. When did it all start?
--It all started when a local shepard lost one of his sheep down a crack in the earth.
2. What did the shepard follow? -- The shepard followed the sheep, and had a strange and
mysterious experience.
3. Why did the locals start going to that place? ILI Who became very interested?
-- The locals became very interested and started going to that place.
4. What happened to one of them? / What spread a bit of panic?
- One time one of them died, which spread a bit of panic and fear.
5. From then on, who was allowed to approach the place?
- From then, only young girls were allowed to approach the place ( and only in conditions
regulated by priests and priestesses.
6. who regulated the conditions of approaching the place? --- Priests and priestesses regulated
the conditions of approaching the place.
7. Where was Apollos temple built? Apolos temple was built on the site.
8. Who would the priests choose? / Why would the priests choose one girl?
The prists would choose one girl to become the Phytia, the Oracle.
III)
1. What was the temples wall inscribed with? / what words were inscribed on the temples
wall?
- The temples wall inscribed with words of wisdom, such as : Know Yourself, Nothing in
Excess.
- Words of wisdom, such as : Know Yourself, Nothing in Excess, were inscribed on the temple
s wall.

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2. Are they still meaningful?
- Yes, they are as meaningful today as they were when they were written.
3. What would happen at the temple? people would come to the Pythia and ask their
question and she would perform a ritual and give her answer, her prophecy.
4. What were these prophecies like? - These prophecies had a double meaning and people had
to think about what to do.

IV)
1. Who made good choices? The king of Sparta ; Lycurgus, made good choices.
2. What prophecy did he hear? He heard the prophecy: Love of money and nothing else will
ruin Sparta.
3. What did he decide to do? --- He decided to make some changes. He stopped making
money out of silver and starred using iron .
4. What saved Sparta and why? The king of Sparta starded making mone out of iron insted
of silver and that saved Sparta because nobody would attack the town to steal iron.

V)
1. Who didnt make the right choice? King Croesus didnt make the right choice.
2. What did he ask the prophet?
He asked the prophet what would happen if he attacked Persia.
3. What did the propher say? / What was the prophets reply?
- Zhe prophet replied that if he crossed the river, the mighty kingdom would fall.
4. Whhat did Croesus do? He went to war and lost the battle and his kingdom.

VI)
1.a) When was the last prophecy given?
- The last prophecy was given in 393 AD, after which the temple was destoyed.
ILI b) When was the temple destroyed? ---The temple destroyed in 393 AD, when the last
prpphesy was given.
2. What was the result of the destruction of the temple?The destruction of the temple ended
a tradition that lasted for several centuries / that had been going on since the 9th century BC.