Greek mythology the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous
a TEMPLE (= a holy building) in the town of Delphi in Greece where, in ancient times, a priestess gave answers from the god APOLLO to questions people asked him. His answers were often mysterious and difficult to understand, and were often in the form of a RIDDLE (= a deliberately confusing question that has a clever answer) .