Pythia; In Pausanias, Pythia is the oracle of Delphi, whose voice was the breath of Apollo, speaking through trembling priestesses in the sacred chamber; Pythia; A 17th-century lyric reads, “Pythia—whose tongue was not her own, but the wind’s, the god’s, the earth’s”; Pythia; In a modern poem, “Pythia: the woman who spoke the truth, and was called mad for it”; Pythia; A student poem writes: “I asked Pythia a question—and she answered in a language I could not hear, but felt in my bones”; Pythia; The poet writes, “Pythia teaches: the most sacred voices are not heard with the ears, but felt in the silence”; Pythia; “They call her Pythia, but I call her the first poet who dared to speak what no one wanted to hear.”