Oracle Delphi

... different coaches we got to Delphi, which we found out had better ruins than Olympia. The ancient city where the famous Delphic oracle had been found, was situated in a mountain slope. The Sphinx riddle is probably as famous as the Delphic oracle - What ...

... , passing treasuries from the Greek city states and even Italian Etruscans.  Each place brought their treasures to Apollo and the oracle, hoping for good council from her wise shamanistic ways.  As the Pythia, she would tell her prophesies ...

Our second day in Delphi began in the cool morning air that smelled of last night's rain. In ancient times, Delphi was the most visited site in Greece, where you went to seek advice from the Pythian oracle and tell the Greek world about your victories. ...

... Games were held. Not far from the sanctuary is the Archaeological Museum where many of the artifacts found during the Delphi excavation are held. Finally, down the mountain nearby are the Kastalian Spring (where pilgrims washed up before visiting the ...

... misty, bright with hardy wildflowers and huge vistas down to the Aegean. We saw a hole in the ground where the oracle of delphi got high on sulphur fumes and gibbered until priestesses told people whether or not to declare war, get married, plant ...

... foothills of Mt Parnassos. This was the spiritual and religious centre of the world for the ancient Greeks. According to tradition, Delphi was the geographical centre of the world, the omphalos (navel), the meeting point of two eagles sent by Zeus from ...

... their lives. There were also music and poetry competitions, and we saw the theatre where they were held. People also came to Delphi for the oracle of Apollo. In the beginning, there was only one day a year that someone could get their future told, but ...

Upon returning from the Cyclades, we head off to Delphi for an afternoon trip to visit the Oracle. The view at Delphi is unbelievable (even more so because we have no photos of it!) and the ruins were really ...

... of the downtown shopping area. It was nothing special. The next day was another long travel day to Delphi. Because the public transportations system in Greece rivals that of Spain, you could hardly get anywhere by train. Therefore we had to take ...

Dinner with the Americans 5:30 wakeup Finding Terminal B 3 hour bus ride Temple of Apollo Oracle Archaeological ...