#pythia art

[hlblng]

"I know the number of the sand and the measure of the sea;I understand the speech of the dumb and hear the voiceless." - Oracle of Delphi to Croesus of Lydia / According to Herodotus

Third version of the most powerful woman of the ancient greek world.

What a lonely life it must have been.

[the-evil-clergyman]

Priestess of Delphi by John Collier (1891)

[meirimerens]

pathologic fest day 19

"In the Darkness"

where nobody dwells but the earth herself

[strangler-fish]

Priestess Pythia

[thesorceresstemple]

[zaireetoo-draws]

The Pythia

(and her god)

[transjudas]

Pythia (n.)

"priestess of Apollo at Delphi," who received his oracles in the inner sanctuary of the great temple, 1842, from Greek pythia (hiereia) "(Priestess) of Pythian Apollo," from a variant form of Pythios, an epithet of Apollo, from Pytho, older name of the region of Delphi.

python (n.)

1580s, name of a fabled serpent, slain by Apollo near Delphi, from Latin Python, from Greek Pythōn "serpent slain by Apollo," probably related to Pythō, the old name of Delphi. Chaucer has it (late 14c.) as Phitoun.

This might be related to pythein "to rot," or from PIE *dhubh-(o)n-, from *dheub- "hollow, deep, bottom, depths," and used in reference to the monsters who inhabit them. Loosely used for "any very large snake," hence the zoological application to large non-venomous snakes of the tropics (1836, originally in French).

[cannibal-rat]

The Oracle of the Ministry

[skrittkicking]

she never stops talking...

wixxi @rytlockdripstone

new charr again.... pythia! shes an awakened olmakhan earthstalker, having died ~150 years ago or so. she was 17 at the time of her death, and is currently living with some inquest asura and studying revenant magic in the hopes of connecting with her ancestors and uncovering the mysterious circumstances surrounding her death

her lore is very much a wip but i love her anyways

[noscomnias]

hello to my 2 hello charlotte fans. here is your daily dose of frei posting and scene that made me want to die

[nightmarearian]

blessing of sleep, to war

arenos fuck yeah

on Roblox & fuck my wrist

Also made him fem lmao oops Slay ig

Idk how to do lighting either

[odddesignz]

Pythi, the Oracle Pokémon! 🔮

Pythi is the Oracle of Delphi City, the capital of Altia!

Sound familiar? Pythi is based after Pythia, our real world equivalent oracle who is NOT a myth! Historians and scientists have even been examining the area she worked out of to determine the source of her fumes for years! (I recommend Kaz Rowe's video on the topic)

[delphi-dreamin]

The Gift of Prophecy

I've been toying with this idea for...ages, of drawing Delphi as the Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi. (It's the origin of her name, after all.) And I finally came across Priestess of Delphi (1891) by John Collier, and a lovely podcast special by Unexplained Mysteries, and I decided I had to do it.

So here she is! This was done entirely on my phone in CSP!

Pose by the lovely, wonderful, @adorkastock!

Taglist: @sassykattery @biteable-pink-pixie @yourboyhack @attic-club-sandwich @sparkbeast20 @kyungjoon-do @consolationblog @flemmingbamse @denpa-dere

[asagisnobody]

And here i am, redoing the Pythia for the idon'tknowhow-time:)

I've always found the story of Delphi so interesting, i would like so much to visit it, oneday....

[tynikaebalaisykaugu]

Yes, I changed the principle of painting.

[thesorceresstemple]

Orestes at Delphi flanked by Athena and Pylades among the Erinyes and priestesses of the oracle, perhaps including Pythia behind the tripod - Paestan red-figured bell-krater, c. 330 BCE.