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Hércules en Cádiz
El santuario más famoso de todo el Mediterráneo occidental estuvo en Cádiz, en el actual islote de Sancti Petri. Mapa de Cádiz ( DP imagen de HansenBCN) Estaba consagrado al Hércules Gaditano, y el mismísimo dios, decían algunos, yacía … Continue reading
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Tagged aníbal, Cadiz, castillo de sancti-petri, dios griego, Gades, Hercules, historia de hispania romana, Julio César, melkart, Museo de Cádiz, santuario, tío scrooge, templo, templo de salomón
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The Delphic Oracle
The Priestess of Delphi by Hon. John Collier There is endless fantasy writing on this subject. Writers have been outdoing each other for over two thousand years. Here are some unromanticized views. H. W. Parke in his A History of … Continue reading
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Tagged Delphic Oracle, Greece, oracle, romanticism, sanctuary, spiritual medium, superstition, vapors
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Great Names in History 