Xenoclea
Xenoclea, who appears as a character in the legend of Hercules, was the Pythia, or priestess and oracle, of the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
The Delphic oracle was a historical reality and was established in the 8th century BC.
In legend
According to Pausanias and others, Hercules travelled to Delphi to consult the Oracle following the death of Iphitus, whom he had thrown off a wall in the city of Tiryns while Iphitus was staying with him as a guest. Suffering from nightmares, Hercules sought advice as to how to be cured. However, when he came to address his request to Xenoclea, she refused to help him, considering that he was still unpurified from the blood and death of Iphitus and also being shocked by the nature of his crime. Her only answer to him was "You murdered your guest, I have no oracle for such as you". This contemptuous reply so enraged Hercules that he sacrilegiously seized the priestess's Delphic tripod, took it away, and would not return it until she had agreed to grant his own request.
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Fallen
by: SynikalFrom a distance I see you falling away from me.
As I get closer the scene changes, it changes drastically.
Breath in, breath out, we’ve fallen…
Have I fallen away from you? -Well I don’t know.
Have I found my mistake in you? -Well I don’t know.
- SO TAKE! What you owe me.
- FAKE! What you show me.
- BREAK! That you know me, as I fall from you.
How I’ve tried and how you’ve ignored my persistence.
How you’ve lied and met me with your resistance.
So as I fall, I’ll acknowledge the transition,
Though I confess the change will have little affect upon my position.
Breath in, breath out, we’ve fallen, APART!
Have I fallen away from you? -Well I don’t know.
Have I found my mistake in you? -Well I don’t know--
Fallen--
- SO TAKE! What you owe me.
- FAKE! What you show me.
- BREAK! That you know me, AS I FALL FROM YOU!
Have I fallen away from you? -Well I don’t know.
Have I found my mistake in you? -Well I don’t--