Pythoness

[Paul M]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> Avner Ben fed this fish to the penguins on Friday 25 July 2003 05:34 am:
> 
> 
>>The following is from the "A Word A Day" newsletter
>>(http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/subscribe.html) of  22 July 2003. I
>>thought you'd find it amusing...
>>
>>
>>>pythoness (PIE-thuh-nis) noun
>>>
>>>  1. A woman with the power of divination.
>>>
>>>  2. The priestess of Apollo at Delphi in Greek mythology.
>>>
> 
>         Hmmm, I'd always seen the priestess referred to as "the Pythia" (or 
> something similar).
> 


For more on Pythia and Delphi see a recent Scientific American article:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0009BD34-398C-1F0A-97AE80A84189EEDF&pageNumber=1&catID=2


If that URL get's munged, just go the the Scientific American homepage 
and search on "Delphi"

--Paul