What do bread, acorns and smoke have in common? Any idea? Yes, it's divination! But we wouldn't blame you for not guessing that - these aren't exactly standard techniques for fortune-telling. These were however perfectly valid methods used by the Ancient Greeks for communicating with the gods, and searching out knowledge of the future.

Intrigued? Then join us as we seek divine inspiration from these contemporary sources in our quest to learn more:

- Euripides, Ion, lines 80-125

- Aristophanes, Birds, lines 955-1017

- Plato, Phaedrus, 275b

- Plato, Republic, book 5

Keen for more knowledge? Try these:

7 Ancient Greek methods for predicting the future | Sky HISTORY TV Channel

HorribleHistories: Groovy Greeks - The Great & Wise Oracle

Virtual Reality Oracle Project

(vroracle.co.uk)

Google

Image Search: Pythia

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