What was the main method of divination used by the Pythia at Delphi?
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Trance-induced prophecies
Answer
The Pythia at Delphi used trance-induced prophecies as her main method of divination. She would enter a state of altered consciousness, possibly induced by natural gases emanating from the ground, and deliver her oracular pronouncements in a cryptic, poetic language that required interpretation.
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