Sholl we lose faith in Delphi's obscurities, We who have heard the world'e core Discredited, and the sacred wood of Zeus at Elis praised no more? The deeds and the strange prophecies Must make a pattern yet to be understood. Zeus, if indeed you are lord of all, Throned in light over night and day, Mirror this in your endless mind: Our masters call the oracle Words on the wind, and the Delphic vision blind! Their hearts no longer know Apollo, And reverence for the gods has died away. "The quotation "Our masters call the oracle Words on the wind, and the Delphic vision blind" most closely means: Teiresias has threatened the safety of Oedipus and Jocasta. • Jocasta and Oedipus do not believe in the prophecies of the oracle. • Jocasta and Oedipus are masters of their own fate. The gods have told Jocasta and Oedipus to disregard the oracle.

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Sholl we lose faith in Delphi's obscurities,
We who have heard the world'e core
Discredited, and the sacred wood
of Zeus at Elis praised no more?
The deeds and the strange prophecies
Must make a pattern yet to be understood.
Zeus, if indeed you are lord of all,
Throned in light over night and day,
Mirror this in your endless mind:
Our masters call the oracle
Words on the wind, and the Delphic vision blind!
Their hearts no longer know Apollo,
And reverence for the gods has died away.
"The quotation "Our masters call the oracle Words on the wind, and the Delphic
vision blind" most closely means:
Teiresias has threatened the safety of Oedipus and Jocasta.
• Jocasta and Oedipus do not believe in the prophecies of the oracle.
• Jocasta and Oedipus are masters of their own fate.
The gods have told Jocasta and Oedipus to disregard the oracle.
Answer

Jocasta and Oedipus do not believe in the prophecies of the oracle.

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The quotation is from Sophocles' play Oedipus the King, in which the characters Jocasta and Oedipus are warned...
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