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   Message 825 of 1,939   
   "JMB"    
   Re: Heracles and the Delphic tripod   
   25 Mar 06 17:12:16   
   
   From: @mysmart.ie   
      
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   news:1143239795.121051.60250@v46g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...   
   > Every once in a while, I run across a story about Heracles wrestling   
   > with Apollo for possession of the tripod at Delphi.  Why would Heracles   
   > want that tripod?   
   >   
   He was trying to set up his own oracle to tell him the future he wanted to   
   hear (the Pythia would answer his queries IIRC), and figured he'd need the   
   tripod to do it.   
      
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