Pythia

[ pith-ee-uh ]

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noun

Greek Mythology.

the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered the oracles.

Pythia

/ ˈ��ɪθɪə /

noun

Greek myth the priestess of Apollo at Delphi, who transmitted the oracles

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Pythia¹

< Latin �ʲ�̄�ٳ󾱲� < Greek �ʲ�̄�ٳ�í��, feminine of �ʲ�̄�ٳ�ó�� Pythian

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I knew the Pythia had chewed laurel leaves, but that didn’t work either.

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It can provide data from which we can make guesses about the correct courses of action, but it is not a lab-coated Pythia telling us the future.

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Mr. Thies, 39, is a founder of Pythia Public Affairs, a communications firm in Brooklyn that also runs political campaigns.

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The groom is a political strategist at Pythia Public, a public affairs and strategy firm in Brooklyn.

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She has called the work Pythia – the name of the prophetic priestess at ancient Delphi, itself derived from the Greek word pytho, or snake, which had supposedly been slain there by Apollo.

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Pytheas Pythiad

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