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And myth says that he had an audience with the oracle, and it foretold his destiny of greatness.— Euvin Naidoo on investing in Africa
Some of the citizens fancied that the oracle was advising them to retreat behind the ancient wooden stockade on the Acropolis, but Themistocles insisted that by "wooden walls" the oracle meant their ships He finally persuaded the Athenians to believe him.— The Story of the Greeks

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