The modern town of Delphi (/ˈdɛlfaɪ/ or /ˈdɛlfi/; Greek: Δελφοί, [ðelˈfi]) is situated immediately west of the archaeological site of the same name. The...

up Delphi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Delphi is an archaeological site in Greece. Delphi may also refer to: Delphi (modern town), a town near...

Hellenic unity. Adjacent to the sacred precinct is a small modern town of the same name. Delphi shares the same root with the Greek word for womb, δελφύς...

priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. She specifically served as its oracle and was known as the Oracle of Delphi. Her title was also historically...

Apollo at Delphi. There are more than 500 supposed oracular statements which have survived from various sources referring to the oracle at Delphi. Many are...

Archaeological investigation of the sacred precinct of Delphi started in the second half of the 19th century, but it was not until 1892 when a systematic...

passes west of the village. Chrisso belongs to the municipality of Delphi. The town is first mentioned in Homer's Catalog of Ships, as a Phoecean settlement...

small town of Chaeronea, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. His family was long established in the town; his father...

in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as Apulu. As the patron deity of Delphi (Apollo Pythios), Apollo is an oracular god—the prophetic deity of the Delphic...

to have been the cursed gold looted during the sack of Delphi and brought back to Tolosa (modern Toulouse, France) by the Tectosages, who were said to...

or Kirra (Ancient Greek: Κίρρα) was a town in ancient Phocis on the coast, which served as the harbour of Delphi. Pausanias erroneously supposes that Cirrha...

location in the mountains, its traditions and its proximity to the town of Delphi. The town is a popular day or weekend trip destination from Attica and a...

oracles in Ancient Greece. The sibyls prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by Pausanias when...

was a town in ancient Phocis. Crissa was regarded as one of the most ancient cities in Greece. It was situated inland a little southwest of Delphi, at the...

ancient Roman proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio from the Volcae town of Tolosa, modern-day Toulouse. Near-contemporary Cicero briefly mentioned it in his...

intersects the site of ancient Delphi. Oracular temples have existed there since Mycenaean times. The spring system at Delphi drops into the Pleistos. The...

town and a former municipality in the southern part of Phocis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Delphi,...

town of ancient Phocis situated upon one of the heights of Parnassus above the sanctuary of Delphi, whence came the population of Delphi. This town is...

the sure seat of all immortals. The same epithet appears in her cults at Delphi and Aegae in Achaea. In the Homeric hymn her conception is more clear and...

example is the Omphalos stored in the Temple of Apollo at the Greek town of Delphi. The term baetyl was used in ancient Near Eastern sources, in the form...

Phthiotis, and the most important place in that region after Delphi. It is also a modern-day town that is a former municipality in the southeastern part of...

Eschatology Eugenia Davitashvili (Djuna) Nostradamus Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi Slava Sevryukova Vlaycho Zhechev Raymond Detrez (2014). Historical Dictionary...

a town of ancient Phocis mentioned by Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad. It was situated on a height on the borders of Phocis and Delphi, and...

wealthy Samian; and that he met his end in the city of Delphi. Plutarch tells us that Aesop came to Delphi on a diplomatic mission from King Croesus of Lydia...

certain copy of his works is known to exist, although the Charioteer of Delphi has sometimes been attributed to him. Pliny reports that Pythagoras' skill...

Strabo of Amaseia (13 February 2016). Delphi Complete Works of Strabo - Geography (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. pp. 4279ff. ISBN 978-1-78656-368-2...

town of Cirrha in Phocis was believed to have derived its name. Kirra is another name for the nymph Adrasteia. At Cirrha, the port that served Delphi...

counted the first 12 months as the first year Delphi Complete Works of Pliny the Younger, Volume 28 of Delphi Ancient Classics C. Plinii Caecilii Secundi...

Castalian Spring, in the ravine between the Phaedriades at Delphi, is where all visitors to Delphi — the contestants in the Pythian Games, and especially...

National Road 48/E65 (Antirrio – Nafpaktos – Delphi – Livadeia) passes north of the town. It is the second largest town of Aetolia-Acarnania, after Agrinio. The...