Ancient Greece had some famous priestesses who played a significant role in the religious and cultural life of the time.

Actress Mary Mina, in the role of an ancient Greek High Priestess, lit the torch using a backup flame instead of a concave mirror due to cloudy skies before the 2,500-year-old Temple of Hera ...

People came from all over Greece and beyond to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo ... with the worship of Greek gods also encouraged scholars ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece: A priestess prays to a dead sun god in front of a fallen Greek temple. If the sky is clear, a flame spurts that will burn in Paris throughout the world’s top sporting event.