How to Use Delphic in a Sentence

Delphic

adjective
  • Especially at Olympia, home of the first Games and the Delphic oracle.
    — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2024
  • It was named after the Delphic oracle to whom ancient Greeks posed difficult questions.
    — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The Delphic oracle was not a myth Amid the myths and fiction of ancient Greece, the Delphic oracle was very much a historical fact.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Our argument is not that ChatGPT is the new Delphic oracle, or that most people believe AI is divine.
    — Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The medium, a succession of Delphic priestesses, was a woman who offered prophecies (sometimes in highly ambiguous verse) which were ostensibly based on counsel that came directly from Apollo.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • During the formative phase of the infant American republic, when its survival was still problematic, iconic founders performed a valuable function as reliable sources of unquestioned wisdom, a veritable gallery of Delphic oracles available on demand.
    — Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025

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