La flotte combinée étant retenue en Aulide, par les vents contraires, sa cruelle piété, égarée par l’oracle de Chalcas, lui fit sacrifier aux Dieux sa fille Iphigénie. […] Les Grecs instruits par l’Oracle que la ville de Troie ne céderoit qu’aux flèches d’Hercule, vinrent les demander à Philoctète. […] Si la voix d’un Oracle a troublé ton grand cœur, Si les vœux de Thétis enchaînent ta valeur, Ah ! […] Ce couple choisi consulta l’oracle de Thémis, sur le moyen de repeupler le monde. […] Ou je suis abusé par des présages vains, Lui dit-il, ou du Ciel l’oracle est légitime : Non, non, les Dieux jamais n’ont ordonné le crime.

He had three oracles, much celebrated; that of Dodona, that of Trophonius, and that of Ammon, in Lybia. […] In what manner was the Priestess of Apollo represented as uttering the oracles of the god? […] This was preserved, with great vigilance, in the citadel of Troy, because an Oracle had declared, that, as long as it remained there, the city would be invincible against all the attacks of its enemies. […] The oracle was consulted, and declared that the empire of the world was destined for that city which should preserve this shield. […] Where were the three chief oracles of Jupiter?