A very important work by a senior scholar known for his careful and throught-provoking scholarship. Fontenrose has been concerned with problems of the Delphic cult for over 40 years, and he presents the fruits of his labor here.  He gives a catalog of some 535 oracular responses carefully categorised and variously indexed.  For this alone the book is destined to remain an indispensable item for all concerned, however tagentially, with the Delphic oracle for a long time to come...