Acropole Delphi

13 Filellinon Str Delphi, Central Greece, 33054, Greece

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Delphi Aug 01, 2011

A travel blog entry by beckyjade15

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Beckyjade15 stayed here on Aug 1, 2011 during their trip titled: It's All Greek To Me (and slightly Turkish).

Only against other kings: Olympia

A travel blog entry by karenmw

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Alexander was reportedly a fast runner. Once asked whether he might ever compete in the Olympics, he answered, only if all the other runners he raced were also kings. This is usually interpreted as the height of royal snobbery, as thinking of himself as too imperiously superior to race mere commoners; but I think there is more to it. The ancient …

Olympia to Delphi

A travel blog entry by melissagquest

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A somewhat easier day, for which we're both very grateful! We visited the museum of athletics in the morning (since it's not air conditioned). Before we left Olympia, Karen went for a quick swim, which helped her stay cool. The drive to Delphi from Olympia takes about four hours not including a lunch stop at the Le Ponte bakery and café, located …

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Do you have an idea?!

A travel blog entry by kate_langley

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... sunny and we explored the ancient site of Delphi. I was amazed to learn that the site dates back to 4000 BC i.e. it is 6000 years old! For one of the buildings, marble rock was brought from the island of Paros and used as decoration. Paros is the island 4 hours away from Athens by modern ferry...it must have taken weeks for the ancient Greeks to bring the marble to the mainland and then up into the ...

Apollo, mountains, and warm weather

A travel blog entry by abalzer

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... not as dependent on the games as Olympia was on their games.

Now back to the Delphic oracle. The oracle at the sanctuary (temple) that was dedicated to Apollo has its origins in the last quarter of the 8th century BC. It was believed Apollo spoke through his oracle who was known as Pythia. The Pythia's had to be older blameless (a virgin) women chosen from the peasants in the area. They wore white gowns and had pony tails ...

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