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.

>>>>>>>>>>>
i was more referring to the idea that the oracle was under the influence of
some herb or other, which they had in a tripod in front of said oracle.
laurel, perhaps. while under the influence of these inhalants she would
flail around and spout nonsence, which would THEN be interpreted into
hexameters by the preists which were present there.

byron