ABSTRACT
Pilgrimages fall into two broad categories, which will be dealt with in this and the following chapter. In this chapter the pilgrimages which involved the pilgrims seeking a solution to a specific problem are examined. Soliciting an oracle to gain the god's approval of or to confirm a course of action, becoming initiated in the hope of obtaining a better hereafter, or attending a healing sanctuary in order to be cured were pilgrimages in which the worshippers had a specific objective in mind. Mystery cults, healing sanctuaries and oracles were much frequented for more than a millennium by Greek pilgrims in search of divine guidance and assistance.
