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The prophet appears to be held aloft by a gas such as methane or ethylene.

There are records about the Delphic prophet (of, note) in Greek mythology and history. It is generally believed that she was possessed by Apollo. According to accounts, she was able to leave her body when gas seeped out of the cracks in the temple where she lived. Here we have a scientific explanation of what caused this woman to speak out her puzzling prophecies.

Even in the time of the prophet Delphi, it was widely known that what the prophet saw had an actual cause—gases leaked from a crack in the cave where she sat, causing her to begin gibbering. These gibberish would later be interpreted by the priests who surrounded her. According to legend, some predictions were surprisingly accurate. Croesus, the wealthiest man of his time, put the prophets to some kind of "scientific test" – he sent his messengers away and asked the prophets what he would do on a certain day. The prophet of Delphi gave him the only correct answer: boil a turtle in a pot. (Bold choice. I can’t imagine the richest man in the world cooking for himself.)

Contemporary archaeologists are skeptical—but not about turtles and gas. They probed the area's geological structures for volcanic activity that might have released gases, but found nothing – not even in ancient times. When they explored from another angle, they discovered that two fault lines intersected beneath the Temple of Delphi. Perhaps the mysterious gas the Prophet breathed in leaked from these faults. The interdisciplinary team found that dissolved limestone in fault lines releases gases and ejects formation water.

The main components of the water here are ethane, methane and ethylene. Most people think ethane is the key ingredient. Ethane was an early pain reliever used in medical procedures. More powerful than nitrous oxide. It smells a bit like flowers, which can cause olfactory pleasure but also make people feel weak. It is not particularly harmful to humans (although large amounts of ethane mixed ingredients are very harmful), its biggest hazard is suffocation. Ethane displaces the air while making people too high to realize it. This combination of anesthesia, euphoria, and lack of oxygen can cause people to utter all kinds of gibberish.

Other scientists believe that although ethylene has such properties, the prophets' oracles were not due to its chemical effects. Although methane doesn't smell like flowers, it can cause hallucinations if inhaled in sufficient doses. The methane theory is not without fallacies. Methane kills people faster than ethylene, especially when methane burns or breaks down to produce carbon dioxide. One of the byproducts of this conversion is carbon monoxide, which binds to red blood cells more easily than oxygen does. Excessive inhalation can cause people to suffocate, preceded by feelings of confusion and hallucinations. Carbon monoxide is a common byproduct of burning fuel, so there was no reason why the ancient Greeks, who no doubt had mastered the use of fire, would have found the gas and its effects so special.

Even the most idiotic archaeologist would find it extremely irresponsible to spray water on graduates, lock them in caves, poison or suffocate them, so we have no way to determine whether the Delphic prophets were in a state of confusion. Illusion state, suffocation state, or are they simply pretending. All we know for sure is this: She had a craving for turtle meat.

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Delphi () is a world-famous historic site located in the mountains of Parnassus, 150 kilometers away from Athens. It is mainly composed of the Apollo Sun Temple, the Athenian Goddess Temple, theaters, sports training grounds and sports grounds. The most famous of them is the temple of Apollo, the ancient Greek sun god who symbolizes light and youth and is in charge of music, poetry, medicine and animal husbandry. . The ancient Greeks believed that Delphi was the center of the earth and the "navel of the earth" (in order to determine where the center of the earth was, Zeus released two eagles from the poles of the earth to fly opposite each other. The two eagles met at Delphi, Zeus concluded that this was the center of the earth, so he placed a round stone in Delphi as a symbol. This stone is now preserved in the Delphi Museum.)

There are only a few prophecies about Delphi found in the annals of history. The oracle was delivered by a woman in her 50s called Pythia, who wanted to separate from her husband and put on girlish clothing. The Oracle of Delphi only became famous throughout Greece during the Archaic period from the 7th century BC to the 6th century BC, because at that time some legislators, colonists and those who established rituals in Greek city-states came to ask Apollo for instructions. The outcome of the war or political activities planned by the ruler also needs to be predicted by Pythia. The request was officially scheduled to take place on the seventh day of the month of Delphi (because this day was the birthday of the sun god Apollo). Pythia and those who asked her for advice were to first bathe in the Castilian Fountain. Then she drank from the holy spring of Cassotis, entered the temple, descended into a crypt there, sat down on a sacred bronze triangular altar, and breathed laurel leaves. Then Pythia, in a trance, began to pronounce oracles. The oracles were sometimes interpretable and sometimes unexplainable, and her words were ultimately interpreted and recorded by the priests in often very obscure verses. It was through the oracle of Apollo that Delphi played an important and irreplaceable role in the political life of the Greek city-states.

The specific oracles about Delphi include the following:

According to legend, there is a famous saying, "Know thyself" engraved in front of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. This is considered by some scholars to be the earliest oracle at Delphi.

A prophecy in 547 BC was that if Croesus, king of Lydia, crossed the river Haris, he would destroy a great kingdom. Croesus did this, and was defeated by the Persians—and sure enough, one empire was destroyed, his own. The Delphic prophecy had a profound impact on the politics and economy of the Mediterranean world at that time.

In 776 BC, wars continued among the city-states of ancient Greece. King Ifetus from Elis wanted to achieve peace, so he visited the prophet in the ancient capital Delphi for help. The prophet of Delphi, through the famous oracle, suggested that Ifetus hold a good sports competition every four years to replace war, so as to break the vicious cycle of antagonism. Ifetus then sought the cooperation of King Lycago of Sparta and King Cleosones of Pisa, and together they passed a truce known as the Truce and organized the first Olympic Games at Olympia – this was The origins of today's "Olympic Sacred Truce."

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