Supernatural Flashcards
Oracles
“the Spartans were told by a prophecy to make settlement on this island”
“they remembered the oracles which had said that it would come to pass that all the Dorians would be driven out of the Peloponnese by the Athenians and the Medes”
“although they were afraid of the oracle”
“the oracle had decreed that all of Attica must become subject to the Persians”
oracle says Greece will bring “the day of freedom to Greece”
“tripod which was set up at Delphi”
prophecies of an Athenian soothsayer Lysistratus “the ladies of Colias will cook their food on oars”
-manipulation of oracles by priests in Bk 7
fulfilment of oracles = supernatural (predict future)
Gods
“they sent envoys to Delphi to find out from the god”
“ships appeared to have been sent by a god”
oracles & dreams = connection to the gods
burning of temples = bad so gods get revenge for impious behaviour
Ghosts
“a ghost of a woman appeared”
phantom in dream worries Xerxes
Dreams
Greeks believed dreams to be a way of connecting with gods
3 dreams Xerxes/ one dream Artabanus has
Other supernatural events
“shoot emerging from the trunk about the length of a cubit”
