The TV show Percy Jackson and the Olympians closely follows the plot of the books, including the role of the Oracle of Delphi, who provides riddle-like prophecies to guide the characters on their ...

Today’s algorithmically generated “predictive” decisions, from loan approvals to missile strikes, are, despite their scientific veneer, no less expressions of cultural and personal desires than the ...

Prophecy in its multifaceted aspects will be the topic of the 2024 Symposium in Capua. Joseph Fontenrose, The Delphic Oracle (1978) says that most surviving Delphic oracles were straightforward, but ...

In the last few weeks, I’ve found myself writing columns that touch on the rapid advance of artificial intelligence, the mystery of unidentified flying objects haunting American skies and the ...