Re: hi brethren

B Elliott Walker wrote:

> >>>>>>>>>>delphic, i assume, meaning being on drugs, due to the nature of
> that oracle.
Actually, that whole vapor theory of the oracle at Delphi was never anything but
speculation.  There is simply no evidence that the cave ever produced mephitic
vapors, which would be more likely to knock the Oracle out than cause her to
spontaneously emit Greek hexameters.

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