Apollonia Delphi
Leoforos Andrea Syngrou 37-39 Delphi, Central Greece, 33054, Greece
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... br> Delphi is famous for its oracle - a place where people came for religious insights. Apparently people would react so strongly they would pass out and shake, re-affirming to the Greeks that this site has special properties.
I think it is one of the most beautiful places I ever been to and I can see why people thought it was the centre of the earth! What a contrast to the situation now in modern Greece?!
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Apollo, mountains, and warm weather
... sat inside the sanctuary probably in the "basement" around "something" maybe the navel or fissure in the earth. Anyhow these Pythia would go into a trance foaming at the mouth and spew stuff which only Apollo or the priests could understand. They then would translate the stuff and pass on the messages or answers to those who had asked questions. Regular people could ask only "yes" and "no" questions of the Pythia while ...
Delphi
... the identification of the surrounding landscape with my heart. No clarity this time. Just shadows.The instinctive awareness of my unimportance. And then a purring out of nowhere, a sound that cut the silence like a thread. Real matter, a bright white fur seeking shelter in the still green of the bushes around. A kitten, starved and dazed, all alone in the world, around it only air. The sharpness of its gaze, more demanding than emotion itself.
At this moment in ...
He was named Ben. So we called him Ben.
I don't know if anyone's noticed, but, quite often, the title of my blog entry has nothing to do with the entry. Or, at least, that's what you think.
This little gem of a title was born out of a misunderstanding in the cafe where we had breakfast before the bus to Delphi. I don't remember the original line, but it ended in me thinking Emily had said 'He was named Ben. So we called him Ben.' So this will probably be the ...
Conversación con los dioses griegos
El día después de llegar a Atenas, me dormí y me desperté tarde. Me dio igual, es la gracia. Con toda la calma, de camino hacia el Acrópolis, después de pasear un poco, me paré por segunda vez en todo el viaje a comer en un restaurante. Comí Moussaka, con vistas al Partenón. Después, subí al monte del Acrópolis tranquilamente, estuve un rato observando la enorme ciudad desde arriba, y entonces entré a las ruinas. No me querían dejar pasar ...



