endowed with unusual spiritual powers, like predicting the future, talking to the dead, pronouncing curses, etc. Given the close proximity of the Oracle of Delphi to the city of Corinth—a temple dedicated to Apollo where the faithful would receive direction from the gods—and given the large number of pagan temples in the city, the notion that certain individuals possessed great spiritual insight was no doubt widely held among the people living throughout the area. Many of those thought to possess