This bit's from the original recensions of the Alexander Romance. (Book 1, Chapter 15)
Footnotes:
The
pythia of Delphi would sit on a tall-legged tripod chair placed over
the cracks on the floor of the temple, which emitted hallucinogenic
vapors - the source of her prophecies. She carried a sprig of laurel and
a scrying bowl containing spring water. The place where she sat was
off-limits to outsiders.
Red-figure kylix drawing of the pythia, Kodros Painter (440-430 BCE), Altes Museum.
Philip wouldn't be there in person, in real life or the Romance. But well, the things I do to make the visuals work.
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