An oracle is generally the person that gives a prophecy.
Do you think the oracle’s prophecy to Acrisius will come true? Why or why not?
That Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother is the oracle's prophecy in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Delphic oracle is the best known and most widely respected oracle in all of ancient Greece. The play includes other prophecies, but not by oracles. For example, Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta hear a prophecy of their son growing up to kill his father, but it is not from an oracle.
An oracle had a prophecy that Oedipus would kill his father, king of Thebes, and marry his mother.
In the prophecy is said, that someone will betray him, and he didn't know who could be that.
An oracle is usually a female who is in the service of Apollo, God of the Sun, Healing, Prophecy, Music, and Archery. People would come to them and they would give a prophecy. The most famous is the Oracle of Delphi.
Acrisios said he was going to kill his grandfather when he get older.
the goddest in chains shall be one's salvation
The role of the oracle of Delphi was to cast prophecies like the prophecy that Cronos children would be greater than him so he ate them.
Definition is- prophecy, divination Say you use the sentence the priest read out the oracles Or the oracle of Delphi was considered the most beautiful.
The word oracle means a person or device which is used to gain prophecy. A few antonyms for the word are unknowable, unforeseeable.
Actally, ORACLE is not an acronym it was derived from the GREEK word which means Prophecy or prediction. Answer to a question believed to come from the gods. So, that we can find a solution for every problem.
King Acrisius of Argos received a dire prophecy from the Oracle of Delphi, stating that he would be killed by his grandson. To prevent this fate, Acrisius imprisoned his daughter, Danaë, to prevent her from bearing children. However, Zeus visited her in the form of golden rain, resulting in the birth of Perseus, ultimately fulfilling the oracle's prophecy.