delphic
Speech parts
1. delphic - Adjective
2. delphic - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
Ambiguous; mysterious.
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Delphic oracle
Delphic pronouncements
an oracular message
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Apollo slew it but had to do penance and be cleansed afterwards, since though Python was a child of Gaia, it was necessary that the ancient Delphic Oracle passed to the protection of the new god.
Book one, chapter 65. (1922) Origins of the Oracle The Delphic oracle may have been present in some form in Late Mycenaean times see discussion in Deitrich, Bernard C. (1992), "Divine Madness and Conflict at Delphi" (Kernos 5) PDF at https://scholar.