Word: priestess
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Delphi has been an object of peculiar importance. To the ancient Greeks it was a real source of communication between this and another world. They were sincere in the divinity of the oracle, and they had perfect faith that the communications which they received through the lips of the priestess came from a god whose powers of prophecy were unlimited. The communications received through the lips of the Pythia undoubtedly contained much of truth and falsity mixed together; but they were, nevertheless, of ten times marvels of common sense and good advice, and to the people of that...
...Warren's "Vanitas" is an interesting and well-written, though not a very flattering story of modern summer life. Mr. Corbin contributes a poem-"The Song of the Sea Shell-a mournful but pretty little song. "A Virgin Priestess," by Mr. Batchelder, is an original but rather startling Druid sketch. "A Parable" is very brightly written. We hope the Blue Hound and the Small Young Ass will appreciate its humor as well as its sarcasm. The last prose article is "Jerry's Consolation," by Mr. Wardner, a sequel to "A Nineteenth Century Romance." It is written in the same humorous...