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They imagined that they could get advice from he gods - each oracle represented a particular god, so they put their question to the god who handled that particular aspect of life, or to the god who was patron of their city.
This became more highly developed - an oracle was controlled by the city where it was located, which made good profit from the offerings made to the oracle. For example the oracle at Delphi had agents located in the main Greek cities, who would give early warning of upcoming questions so that a proper answer could be prepared fr the priestess to deliver.
And clever politicians would give money in advance for an oracle which would suit their purpose.
As a cover, the oracular statement delivered usually had two different interpretations, so whatever eventuated, the oracle was always right.
Humanity has not changed.
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∙ 10y agoThey were after inside information on how to solve problems and sought the god's advice on how to deal with the problem, on the basis that the god knew.
The oracles were a fix by the custodians of the oracles. The fixers gave a double meaning to the oracles delivered, so they were right whichever way events went.
The city hosting the major oracle at Delphi had agents in all the main cities to get advance notice of upcoming questions so that they could cook up clever answers.
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∙ 11y agoThe Ancient Greeks went to Oracles (Such as Delphi) to ask what will happen in the near future.
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because they wanted to know what would happen in near future
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