https://www.storynory.com/7-king-croesus-and-the-oracle-of-delphi/
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3698267/posts?page=9#9
Travel in the Ancient WorldA gifted faker name Alexander founded an oracle in a backwater on the south shore of the Black Sea. Here, for stiff prices, a talking serpent he had rigged up answered questions for the local hayseeds... (p 135)
by Lionel Casson