William B. Davis: Drossos

Quotes 

• [Cleo tells Telemachus his father lives and will return home] 

  Drossos : You know you're not supposed to speak directly to the petitioners.

  Cleo Bellows : But he wanted to know what would happen.

  Drossos : Your visions can mislead you. You must rely on your priests to interpret what you see. We ensure that no one has cause to doubt the oracle.

  Alex Bellows : [watching from back at the house]  This guy's the original politician.

• Tolis : But, Drossos, the oracles are always difficult to understand.

  Drossos : She shouldn't be listening to any spirit except Apollo.

• Drossos : It was right of you to come to us, uh... All your visions must be recorded, uh, but it's better that you stay in your place. The blessings of Apollo comes from the well. The truth comes from the well.

  Cleo Bellows : Right. S-so I need to breathe in those python fumes.

  Drossos : You need to be the true oracle consecrated to Apollo, then the visions come.

• Drossos : An oracle that is doubted by a king is no oracle.

• Drossos : This is what we've waited for. The oracle declares the time.

  Cleo Bellows : What are you talking about?

  Drossos : You've seen your own death. When the oracle has a vision of the end of her time, it's the job of the priests to fulfill her word. It's time for you to go to Apollo.