by his lack of male heirs, King Acrisius asked the oracle of Delphi if this would change. The oracle announced to him that he would never have a son, but...

named Danaë. Disappointed by not having a male heir, Acrisius consulted the Oracle at Delphi, who warned him that he would one day be killed by his own grandson...

oracular god—the prophetic deity of the Delphic Oracle and also the deity of ritual purification. His oracles were often consulted for guidance in various...

Psyche with his soft breeze from the cliff (where she had been left in an oracle's suggestion) to Eros's palace. Later, he also helps rather reluctantly Psyche's...

mythology; the mythical hero Perseus fulfilled an oracle's prophecy by accidentally killing Acrisius with a discus while competing in the pentathlon. In mythology...

the same story but converts Oenopion into Minos of Crete. It adds that an oracle told Orion that his sight could be restored by walking eastward and that...

a beloved of Hermes and was accidentally killed by the god in a game of discus when he unexpectedly stood up; as the unfortunate youth's blood dripped...

disc with inscription from the Qianlong Emperor, (1500–1050 BC) Group of oracle bones that were used for divination from the Shang dynasty, China, (1200–1050...

difficult for the modern reader of epigraphic texts. Spoken at the Dodona oracle, (earliest c. 550–500 BC) firstly under control of the Thesprotians; later...

Brother of David. Bob Miner, co-founder of Oracle Corporation and the producer of its relational database management system. Mohsen Moazami, entrepreneur;...

explorer Gaspar de Portolà – Spanish explorer Larry Ellison – co-founder of Oracle Corporation John C. Frémont – explorer, military officer, U.S. senator from...

Corporation and creator of "Moore's law" Ed Oates (B.A. 1968) — co-founder, Oracle Corporation Daniel R. Scoggin (A.B. 1937) — founder and CEO, TGI Fridays...