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pythia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pythoness |
- (Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles
- (pythias) Phintias: friend of Damon; Phintias (according to legend) was condemned to death by Dionysius the Elder and asked a respite to put his affairs in order; Damon pledged his life for the return of his friend; when Phintias returned in time the tyrant released them both (4th century BC)
- PYTHIA is a computer simulation program for particle collisions at very high energies (see event (particle physics)) in particle accelerators.
- The Pythia (/u02C8pu026Au03B8iu0259/, Greek: u03A0u03C5u03B8u03AFu03B1 ), commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the name given to the priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi who served as the oracle.
- Pythia is a heavy metal band from London, England.
- Pythia is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.
- (Pythian) Delphi (Greek) is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis. ...
- (Pythians) The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, on 19 February 1864.
- Pythias /u02C8pu026Au03B8iu0259s/ (Greek: u03A0u03C5u03B8u03B9u03ACu03C2, Pu016Bthiu00E1s), also known as Pythias the Elder, was a Greek biologist and embryologist. She was the adoptive daughter of Hermias of Atarneus, as well as Aristotle's first wife.
