The double tongue

Golding, William 1911-1993 (Author).

Summary: The making of a priestess in ancient Greece. She is Arieka, now an old woman, who describes how she was discovered by a cynical high priest who ran the Delphi oracle and trained her to be a mouthpiece for the god, Apollo. A look at the management of an oracle, including telling people what they want to hear.

Item details

ISBN: 0374143293
ISBN: 9780374143299
Physical Description: print
165 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995.

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Subject:

Apollo (Greek deity) Cult Fiction
Women Greece Fiction
Delphian oracle Fiction
Prophecies Fiction
Delphi (Extinct city) Fiction

Genre:

Occult fiction.
Historical fiction.

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