Definitions for Pythia

Pythia Pyth·i·a

Spelling: [pith-ee-uh]
IPA: /ˈpɪθ i ə/

Pythia is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in Pythia (ahipty).

Definitions for Pythia

noun

  1. the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who delivered the oracles.

Origin of Pythia

Latin Pȳthia Greek Pȳthía, feminine of Pȳthiós Pythian

Examples for Pythia

To commemorate this deed a temple was erected at Delhi to Apollo, and the priestess was called the Pythia.

The temple is full of the beautiful and costly gifts which they have brought for the Pythia.

We had come too early, and the Pythia did not at first appear.

After purification he was sent by the Pythia to serve Eurystheus.

So Cadmus went to Delphi to ask the Pythia about his lost sister.

The Pythia uttered her oracles under the most distressing signs.

It is only five miles to the cavern of the Pythia of Hindostan; the road runs through a jungle, but it is level and smooth.

"Now we shall see that the Pythia does not always tell the truth," he said.

The name given to the inspired priestess was always the same, that of Pythia.

Cadmus thought of what the Pythia had just told him, and so he followed her.

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