Pythia

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"Most want to know about love or death. I tell them what they want to hear. But when people want to know about war or politics, I'm paid very well to tell them what the Cult wants them to hear."

―The Pythia, on the Cult of Kosmos' influence, 431 BCE.

The Pythia, also known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi who delivered prophecies to all who visited her.

Pythia was a title given to any woman who served in the role at a given period, and the position was widely regarded as sacrosanct throughout Greece. Throughout the first millennium BCE, her counsel had enormous sociopolitical influence because of the faith the highly religious Greeks placed upon her connection with Apollo. She was commonly selected among the villagers in the region, such as those living at the Chora of Delphi. ^{[citation needed]}

By the time of the Peloponnesian War, the Oracle had been corrupted by the Cult of Kosmos for several generations. The Cult recognized that "he who controls the Pythia, controls the world" and had no qualms about violating the hallowed status of the Oracle. They manipulated the priestesses through constant threats against their families and very being and forced them to spread false prophecies, ones that would benefit the Cult and its allies, for decades.

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra met two women who had served as the Oracle, both in Phokis: the title-holder at the time, as well as a former Pythia, Praxithea.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey