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The Oracle of Delphi

A Self-fulfilling Prophecy A Self-fulfilling Prophecy

In one famous story from ancient (1) who was Laius? Greece, Laius, the king of Thebes went to the Oracle at Delphi and the Oracle (2) Where did he go? told him his son Oedipus would kill him and then marry his own mother. (3) What did the Oracle tell him?

So Lauis gave his son to a herdsman and (4) What did Lauis do to his son? told the herdsman to kill him. The herdsman didn't kill the child, but (5) What did the herdsman do? instead gave the child to another herdsman who gave the child to the king (6) Who was Polybus? of Corinth. (7) What did Polybus do when he The king of Corinth, Polybus, raised received Oedipus? Oedipus as his own child. Oedipus didn't know his real father was the king of (8) Did Oedipus know who his real Thebes. One day, Oedipus went to the father was? Oracle and the Oracle said he would kill his father and marry his mother so (9) What did the Oracle tell Oedipus? Oedipus ran away from Corinth thinking his parents would be safe. (10) What did Oedipus do after he heard the Oracle? On his way to Thebes, Oedipus met a man on the road and got into an (11) What happened on the way to argument. The man was Lauis and Thebes? Oedipus ended up killing him. (12) What happened when Oedipus Later, when Oedipus arrived in Thebes, arrived at Thebes? he saved the city from the Sphinx, a monster that was eating travelers who (13) Why did the Queen of Thebes went there. The queen of Thebes, not marry Oedipus? knowing Oedipus was her son or that Oedipus had killed Lauis, married (14) What is the story a good Oedipus because he had saved the city. example of? This story is probably the most famous example of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Oracles and Prophecy

The Oracle of Delphi The Oracle of Delphi

Do you believe that some people have (1) What did the people of ancient the power to predict the future? The Greece believe? people of ancient Greece did. Whenever they had an important (2) What did the people do if they decision to make they went to the had an important decision? Oracle of Delphi. (3) What is the Oracle? The Oracle was a temple where a priestess would predict the future. (4) Which god was the Oracle People believed that the god Apollo dedicated to? would speak through the priestess. (5) What did you have to do to get an The Oracle could give you answers to answer? any question so long as you paid the fee. However, the Oracle often gave (6) What were the answers like? answers in the form of a riddle so it was difficult to know what the answers (7) What could you do if you didn't meant. like the answer?

And if you didn't like the answer, you (8) What did the oracle predict would could always pay more gold and get happen to Athens at first? another answer. A famous example of this is when the Oracle, at first, (9) What did the Oracle predict predicted the Persian army would would happen to Athens the second destroy Athens, but later predicted a time? 'wooden wall' would save Athens. When the Athenian navy defeated the (10) What happened at the battle of Persians at the battle of Salamis, the Salamis? people concluded that the wooden ships of the Athenian navy must have (11) Why do people think the Oracle been the wooden wall that the Oracle was correct? had predicted.