Pythia Art Delphi

... erection of a monument which rewarded them with a prophecy which would in most cases have been favourable. Much like indulgences as Sue so cynically and astutely mentioned. Does commerce ever really change, or merely become more sophisticated in its practice?!<br><br>Being situated right on the precipitous mountainside meant that the site was subject to rock falls on a reasonably regular basis. There were parts of the site which were closed when we arrived for ...

... admit. At that moment, two trail bikes whizz across an unseen track right in front of me. The first fine drops of rain feather my arm. That's it - the magic is well &amp; truly broken... who needs to see some more old ruins anyway?! I decide to turn around &amp; hope to get down before it starts in earnest.<br>On the way, I loop across to what I think is Mt Parnassus and do a little dance of ...

<br>Day 17 We decide to head south too. Even if wet, big city can offer many distractions, we reflect. Get robbed by motorway bandits (in booths!) Bit of a low-point this - not what you expect in Greece. Scarcely seen the sun: but road is very fast and smooth and it does begin to dry out the further we go. Hopes secretly rise... Just after Lamia, turn off to look for memorial to Leonides, heroic Spartan leader of 300 who held off massive army of Xerxes at ...

<br><br>KAMENA VOURLA <br><br>We are prohibited by the police to go home.<br><br>Although we left Thasos island early in the morning, we are delaying because we are told that Evia has flooded and it is in a state of an emergency.<br><br>We have come here to Kamera Vourla where I am writing this, and Yianni is on the phone with the police. In the beginning &#8211 ...

... blue water- the Gulf of Corinth. Second, people used to make pilgrimages to Delphi because there were Oracles who lived there who spoke for the god Apollo. That is pretty darn interesting! Third, Ancient Delphi ruins are situated on the slope of Mount Parnassus. The ruins are terraced on the side of the mountain and at the top of the ruins where the stadium is, when you look down you can see all the ruins: including the theater, the temple, lots of small ...

... artifacts that had been removed from the ancient site. It was a good order in which to take in the area, as we could then imagine what the site had looked like with the stone sculptures still standing. The grandeur must have been astonishing for visitors to Apollo's Temple when they came to receive their prophecies from the Oracle!<br>More here <br><br>LAST CONTEST QUESTION!!!!!!<br><br>14. What ...

... BEAU!! qu"hier! C"est le GRAND LUXE!! Comment on en fait pour nous offrir ca a ce prix la! Puis on fait encore bonbance!! on mange trop malgre l"exercice! on retourne se coucher la bedaine par dessus la tete!! Kalispera!!! Je tente toujours de transmettre les photos , visitez nous demain, nous en aurons pour les 4 derniers jours !!!

... Olympia where we spent the night. This mornin we awoke in Olympia around 7:40 am and were headed out by 8:30 on our way to the remains of the original Olympic site and the Olympic musuem. The museum was first, and we saw the remaining statues and many ancient architectural remnants, pottery, and military armor, among other treasures. We saw the original winged Nike statue that sat outside of Zeus' great temple on the Olympic site, the ...

... Apollo and another theatre we saw. I was told before I came to Greece that this is a place that only had stones and more stones, ruins and more ruins. I was told that after awhile, all the ruins would seem uninteresting. Well, I was certain my interest in this place had not waned as the days past. I only grew more intrigued by what I saw, what I ...

Couldn't understand the title until we got there. Delphi is sited on a cliff face, high in the mountains overlooking an amazing valley (where there used to be sea). Saw the temple of apollo, rebuilt as a christian church later, the treasury, temples, where the oracle of delphi sat. This became a place of power and rulers from all over used to come to get prophecies (easily ...