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Delphi

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Delphi, in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. [1]

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  1. 253 relations: A Greek–English Lexicon, Achilles, Aeschylus, Aetolia, Agamedes, Agamemnon, Aisle, Alcmaeonidae, Amfissa, Amphictyonic league, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Angelos Sikelianos, Apollo, Arachova, Archaic Greece, Argos, Peloponnese, Artemis, Ate (mythology), Athena, Athenian Treasury, Athens, Basilica, Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), Battle of Marathon, Battle of Plataea, Bernard Haussoullier, Boeotia, Boeotian Treasury, Cannabis, Caria, Castalian Spring, Catalogue of Ships, Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe, Charioteer of Delphi, Charmides (dialogue), Chios, Cirrha, City, Classical antiquity, Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Constantine the Great, Constantinople, Corinthian order, Cornice, Crete, Crissa, Cyriacus of Ancona, De architectura, ... Expand index (203 more) »

  2. Ancient Delphi
  3. Ancient Greek sanctuaries in Greece
  4. Archaeological sites in Central Greece
  5. Former theatres in Greece
  6. Phocis
  7. Populated places in Phocis
  8. Temples of Apollo
  9. Tourist attractions in Central Greece
  10. World Heritage Sites in Greece

A Greek–English Lexicon

A Greek–English Lexicon, often referred to as Liddell & Scott or Liddell–Scott–Jones (LSJ), is a standard lexicographical work of the Ancient Greek language originally edited by Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, Henry Stuart Jones, and Roderick McKenzie and published in 1843 by the Oxford University Press.

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Achilles

In Greek mythology, Achilles or Achilleus (Achilleús) was a hero of the Trojan War who was known as being the greatest of all the Greek warriors.

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Aeschylus

Aeschylus (Αἰσχύλος; /524 – /455 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian often described as the father of tragedy.

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Aetolia

Aetolia (Aitōlía) is a mountainous region of Greece on the north coast of the Gulf of Corinth, forming the eastern part of the modern regional unit of Aetolia-Acarnania.

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Agamedes

In Greek mythology, Agamedes (Ἀγαμήδης, Agamēdēs) was a son of Erginus (or, according to some traditions, the son of Stymphalus and grandson of Arcas).

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Agamemnon

In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (Ἀγαμέμνων Agamémnōn) was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Achaeans during the Trojan War.

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Aisle

An aisle is a linear space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides.

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Alcmaeonidae

The Alcmaeonidae (Ἀλκμαιωνίδαι,; Attic: Ἀλκμεωνίδαι) or Alcmaeonids were a wealthy and powerful noble family of ancient Athens, a branch of the Neleides who claimed descent from the mythological Alcmaeon, the great-grandson of Nestor.

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Amfissa

Amfissa (Άμφισσα, also mentioned in classical sources as Amphissa) is a town in Phocis, Greece, part of the municipality of Delphi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Delphi and Amfissa are cities in ancient Greece and Populated places in Phocis.

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Amphictyonic league

In Archaic Greece, an amphictyony (ἀμφικτυονία, a "league of neighbors"), or Amphictyonic League, was an ancient religious association of tribes formed before the rise of the Greek polis.

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Ancient Rome

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.

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Angelos Sikelianos

Angelos Sikelianos (Άγγελος Σικελιανός; 28 March 1884 – 19 June 1951) was a Greek lyric poet and playwright.

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Apollo

Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.

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Arachova

Arachova (Αράχωβα, also Αράχοβα) is a mountain town and a former municipality in the western part of Boeotia.

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Archaic Greece

Archaic Greece was the period in Greek history lasting from to the second Persian invasion of Greece in 480 BC, following the Greek Dark Ages and succeeded by the Classical period.

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Argos, Peloponnese

Argos (Άργος; Ἄργος) is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and one of the oldest in Europe. Delphi and Argos, Peloponnese are ancient Greek sanctuaries in Greece.

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Artemis

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Artemis (Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity.

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Ate (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Ate, Até or Aite (Ancient Greek: Ἄτη) was the goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and blind folly, rash action and reckless impulse who led men down the path of ruin.

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Athena

Athena or Athene, often given the epithet Pallas, is an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, warfare, and handicraft who was later syncretized with the Roman goddess Minerva.

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Athenian Treasury

The Athenian Treasury (Greek: Θησαυρός των Αθηναίων) at Delphi was constructed by the Athenians to house dedications and votive offerings made by their city and citizens to the sanctuary of Apollo.

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Athens

Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. Delphi and Athens are ancient Greek archaeological sites in Greece.

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Basilica

In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum.

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Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)

The Battle of Chaeronea was fought in 338 BC, near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia, between Macedonia under Philip II and an alliance of city-states led by Athens and Thebes.

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Battle of Marathon

The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece.

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Battle of Plataea

The Battle of Plataea was the final land battle during the second Persian invasion of Greece.

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Bernard Haussoullier

Bernard Haussoullier (12 September 1852, Paris – 25 July 1926, Saint-Prix) was a French Hellenist, epigrapher and archaeologist.

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Boeotia

Boeotia, sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia (Βοιωτία; modern:; ancient) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Boeotian Treasury

The Treasury of the Boeotians was dedicated in the late Archaic period within the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi.

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Cannabis

Cannabis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae.

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Caria

Caria (from Greek: Καρία, Karia; Karya) was a region of western Anatolia extending along the coast from mid-Ionia (Mycale) south to Lycia and east to Phrygia.

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Castalian Spring

The Castalian Spring, in the ravine between the Phaedriades at Delphi, is where all visitors to Delphi — the contestants in the Pythian Games, and especially pilgrims who came to consult the Delphic Oracle — stopped to wash themselves and quench their thirst; it is also here that the Pythia and the priests cleansed themselves before the oracle-giving process.

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Catalogue of Ships

The Catalogue of Ships (νεῶν κατάλογος, neōn katálogos) is an epic catalogue in Book 2 of Homer's Iliad (2.494–759), which lists the contingents of the Achaean army that sailed to Troy.

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Celtic settlement of Southeast Europe

Gallic groups, originating from the various La Tène chiefdoms, began a southeastern movement into the Balkans from the 4th century BC.

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Charioteer of Delphi

The Charioteer of Delphi, also known as Heniokhos (Ἡνίοχος, the rein-holder), is a statue surviving from Ancient Greece, and an example of ancient bronze sculpture.

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Charmides (dialogue)

The Charmides (Χαρμίδης) is a dialogue of Plato, in which Socrates engages a handsome and popular boy named Charmides in a conversation about the meaning of sophrosyne, a Greek word usually translated into English as "temperance," "self-control," or "restraint." When the boy is unable to satisfy him with an answer, he next turns to the boy's mentor Critias.

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Chios

Chios (Chíos, traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the tenth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Cirrha

Cirrha or Kirra (Κίρρα) was a town in ancient Phocis on the coast, which served as the harbour of Delphi.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Classical antiquity

Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.

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Cleisthenes of Sicyon

Cleisthenes (Κλεισθένης) was the tyrant of Sicyon from c. 600–560 BC, who aided in the First Sacred War against Kirrha that destroyed that city in 595 BC.

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Constantine the Great

Constantine I (27 February 22 May 337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Corinthian order

The Corinthian order (Κορινθιακὸς ῥυθμός, Korinthiakós rythmós; Ordo Corinthius) is the last developed and most ornate of the three principal classical orders of Ancient Greek architecture and Roman architecture.

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Cornice

In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall.

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Crete

Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.

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Crissa

Crissa or Krissa (Κρίσσα) or Crisa or Krisa (Κρῖσα) was a town in ancient Phocis.

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Cyriacus of Ancona

Cyriacus of Ancona or Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli (31 July 1391 – 1452) was a restlessly itinerant Italian humanist and antiquarian who came from a prominent family of merchants in Ancona, a maritime republic on the Adriatic.

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De architectura

De architectura (On architecture, published as Ten Books on Architecture) is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect and military engineer Marcus Vitruvius Pollio and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus, as a guide for building projects.

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Decomposition

Decomposition or rot is the process by which dead organic substances are broken down into simpler organic or inorganic matter such as carbon dioxide, water, simple sugars and mineral salts.

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Delian League

The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, founded in 478 BC under the leadership (hegemony) of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory in the Battle of Plataea at the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece.

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Delos

Delos (Δήλος; Δῆλος, Δᾶλος), is a small Greek island near Mykonos, close to the centre of the Cyclades archipelago. Delphi and Delos are ancient Greek sanctuaries in Greece and world Heritage Sites in Greece.

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Delphi

Delphi, in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), was an ancient sacred precinct and the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. Delphi and Delphi are ancient Delphi, ancient Greek archaeological sites in Greece, ancient Greek sanctuaries in Greece, archaeological sites in Central Greece, cities in ancient Greece, classical oracles, former theatres in Greece, Phocis, Populated places in Phocis, temples of Apollo, tourist attractions in Central Greece and world Heritage Sites in Greece.

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Delphi (modern town)

The modern town of Delphi is situated immediately west of the archaeological site of the same name. Delphi and Delphi (modern town) are Phocis and Populated places in Phocis.

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Delphi Archaeological Museum

Delphi Archaeological museum (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών) is one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited. It is operated by the Greek Ministry of Culture (Ephorate of Antiquities of Phocis).

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Delphi method

The Delphi method or Delphi technique (also known as Estimate-Talk-Estimate or ETE) is a structured communication technique or method, originally developed as a systematic, interactive forecasting method that relies on a panel of experts.

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Delphic Hymns

The Delphic Hymns are two musical compositions from Ancient Greece, which survive in substantial fragments.

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Delphyne

In Greek mythology, Delphyne (Δελφύνη) is the name given, by some accounts, to the monstrous serpent killed by Apollo at Delphi.

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Desfina

Desfina (Δεσφίνα) is a town and a former municipality in the southern part of Phocis, Greece. Delphi and Desfina are Populated places in Phocis.

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Dionysus

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (Διόνυσος) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre.

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Dodona

Dodona (Ionic and, script) in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the 2nd millennium BCE according to Herodotus. Delphi and Dodona are cities in ancient Greece and classical oracles.

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Dolphin

A dolphin is an aquatic mammal in the clade Odontoceti (toothed whale).

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Doric order

The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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Dormition of the Mother of God

The Dormition of the Mother of God is a Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches (except the East Syriac churches).

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Drakaina (mythology)

In Greek mythology, a drakaina (δράκαινα, Latinized labels) is a female serpent or dragon, sometimes with humanlike features.

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Dream

A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that usually occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.

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Edward Dodwell

Edward Dodwell (30 November 176713 May 1832) was an Irish painter, traveller and a writer on archaeology.

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Epithet

An epithet, also a byname, is a descriptive term (word or phrase) commonly accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a real or fictitious person, place, or thing.

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Epsilon

Epsilon (uppercase Ε, lowercase ε or ϵ; έψιλον) is the fifth letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding phonetically to a mid<!-- not close-mid, see (1999) - Illustrations of the IPA: Modern Greek. --> front unrounded vowel or.

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Erwin Rohde

Erwin Rohde (9 October 1845 &ndash; 11 January 1898) was one of the great German classical scholars of the 19th century.

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Eternal flame

An eternal flame is a flame, lamp or torch that burns for an indefinite time.

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Ethane

Ethane is a naturally occurring organic chemical compound with chemical formula.

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Ethylene

Ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) is a hydrocarbon which has the formula or.

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Euripides

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens.

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Ex voto of the Attalids (Delphi)

Several Hellenistic kings dedicated monuments in the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi, in an effort to emphasize their prestige.

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Expansion of Macedonia under Philip II

Under the reign of Philip II (359–336 BC), the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, initially at the periphery of classical Greek affairs, came to dominate Ancient Greece in the span of just 25 years, largely thanks to the character and policies of its king.

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First Peloponnesian War

The First Peloponnesian War (460–445 BC) was fought between Sparta as the leaders of the Peloponnesian League and Sparta's other allies, most notably Thebes, and the Delian League led by Athens with support from Argos.

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First Sacred War

The First Sacred War, or Cirraean War, was fought between the Amphictyonic League of Delphi and the city of Kirrha.

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Flavian dynasty

The Flavian dynasty, lasting from AD 69 to 96, was the second dynastic line of emperors to rule the Roman Empire following the Julio-Claudians, encompassing the reigns of Vespasian and his two sons, Titus and Domitian.

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Franz Servais

Franz Servais (1 March 1880 &ndash; 31 January 1966) was a Luxembourgian writer.

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Franz Weber (activist)

Franz Weber (27 July 1927 – 2 April 2019) was a Swiss environmentalist and animal welfare activist.

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French School at Athens

The French School at Athens (École française d’Athènes, EfA; Γαλλική Σχολή Αθηνών Gallikí Scholí Athinón) is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.

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Gaia

In Greek mythology, Gaia (Γαῖα|, a poetic form of, meaning 'land' or 'earth'),,,. also spelled Gaea, is the personification of Earth.

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George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (28 January 178414 December 1860), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a British statesman, diplomat and landowner, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite politician and specialist in foreign affairs.

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George Wheler (travel writer)

Sir George Wheler (20 January 1651 – 15 January 1724) was an English clergyman and travel writer.

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Giorgos Seferis

Giorgos or George Seferis (Γιώργος Σεφέρης), the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis (Γεώργιος Σεφεριάδης; March 13 – September 20, 1971), was a Greek poet and diplomat.

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Greek art

Greek art began in the Cycladic and Minoan civilization, and gave birth to Western classical art in the subsequent Geometric, Archaic and Classical periods (with further developments during the Hellenistic Period).

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Greek colonisation

Greek colonisation refers to the expansion of Archaic Greeks, particularly during the 8th–6th centuries BC, across the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

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Greek literature

Greek literature dates back from the ancient Greek literature, beginning in 800 BC, to the modern Greek literature of today.

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Greek National Road 48

National Road 48 (Εθνική Οδός 48, abbreviated as EO48) is a single carriageway road in central Greece.

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Gymnasium (ancient Greece)

The gymnasium (gymnásion) in Ancient Greece functioned as a training facility for competitors in public games.

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Gymnasium at Delphi

The Gymnasium at Delphi is a building complex of the 4th century BC at Delphi, Greece, which comprised the xystus and the palaestra, along with its auxiliary buildings such as the changing rooms and baths.

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Hadrian

Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138.

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Hearth

A hearth is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a horizontal hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos (a low, partial wall behind a hearth), fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.

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Helladic chronology

Helladic chronology is a relative dating system used in archaeology and art history.

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Hephaestus

Hephaestus (eight spellings; Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes.

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Hera

In ancient Greek religion, Hera (Hḗrā; label in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.

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Herodes Atticus

Herodes Atticus (Ἡρώδης; AD 101–177) was an Athenian rhetorician, as well as a Roman senator.

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Herodotus

Herodotus (Ἡρόδοτος||; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy.

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Hiero I of Syracuse

Hieron I (Ἱέρων Α΄; usually Latinized Hiero) was the son of Deinomenes, the brother of Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily, from 478 to 467 BC.

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History of Rome (Livy)

The History of Rome, perhaps originally titled Annales, and frequently referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City), is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy".

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Homeric Hymns

The Homeric Hymns are a collection of thirty-three ancient Greek hymns and one epigram.

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Hyoscyamus

Hyoscyamus — known as the henbanes — is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae.

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Hyperborea

In Greek mythology, the Hyperboreans (hyperbóre(i)oi,; Hyperborei) were a mythical people who lived in the far northern part of the known world.

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Iliad

The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi

Indiana Jones and the Peril at Delphi is the first of 12 Indiana Jones novels published by Bantam Books.

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Ionic order

The Ionic order is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture, the other two being the Doric and the Corinthian.

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Istanbul Archaeology Museums

The Istanbul Archaeology Museums (İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri) are a group of three archaeological museums located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, near Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace.

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Itea, Phocis

Itea (Ιτέα meaning willow), is a town and a former municipality in the southeastern part of Phocis, Greece. Delphi and Itea, Phocis are Populated places in Phocis.

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Jacob Spon

Jacob Spon (or Jacques; in English dictionaries given as James; 1647 – 25 December 1685) was a French doctor and archaeologist.

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John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton

John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, (27 June 1786 – 3 June 1869), known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was an English politician and diarist.

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Joseph Fontenrose

Joseph Eddy Fontenrose (17 June 1903, Sutter Creek – July 1986, Ashland, Oregon) was an American classical scholar.

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Julian (emperor)

Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus; Ἰουλιανός; 331 – 26 June 363) was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek.

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Karl Baedeker

Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker (born Bädeker; 3 November 1801 – 4 October 1859) was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists.

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Kastri, Phocis

Kastri was a medieval village in Greece, which was formed above the ruins of the ancient site of Delphi.

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Kiki Dimoula

Vasiliki “Kiki” Dimoula (née Radou; Κική Δημουλά; 6 June 1931 – 22 February 2020) was a Greek poet.

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King of Rome

The king of Rome (rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom.

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Kirra, Phocis

Kirra (Κίρρα, Cirrha) is a village in Phocis, Central Greece. Delphi and Kirra, Phocis are Populated places in Phocis.

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Kleobis and Biton

Kleobis (Cleobis) and Biton (Ancient Greek:, gen.:;, gen.) are two Archaic Greek Kouros brothers from Argos, whose stories date back to about 580 BCE.

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Knossos

Knossos (pronounced; Knōssós,; Linear B: 𐀒𐀜𐀰 Ko-no-so) is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Crete.

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Know thyself

"Know thyself" (Greek: Γνῶθι σαυτόν) is a philosophical maxim which was inscribed upon the Temple of Apollo in the ancient Greek precinct of Delphi. Delphi and Know thyself are classical oracles.

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Kostas Karyotakis

Kostas Karyotakis (Κώστας Καρυωτάκης; 11 November, 1896 – 20 July 1928) is considered one of the most representative Greek poets of the 1920s and one of the first poets to use iconoclastic themes in Greece.

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Kostis Palamas

Kostis Palamas (Κωστής Παλαμάς; – 27 February 1943) was a Greek poet who wrote the words to the Olympic Hymn.

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Laurus nobilis

Laurus nobilis is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub with green, glabrous (smooth) leaves.

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Leconte de Lisle

Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (22 October 1818 – 17 July 1894) was a French poet of the Parnassian movement.

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Leto

In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Leto (Λητώ|Lētṓ) is a goddess and the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

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Lewis Mumford

Lewis Mumford (19 October 1895 – 26 January 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic.

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List of Greek place names

This is a list of Greek place names as they exist in the Greek language.

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Lists of World Heritage Sites

This is a list of the lists of World Heritage Sites.

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Livadeia

Livadeia (Λιβαδειά Livadiá,; Lebadeia or Λεβαδία, Lebadia) is a town in central Greece.

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Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was a British poet and peer.

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Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus

Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus or Gallio (Γαλλιων, Galliōn; c. 5 BC – c. AD 65) was a Roman senator and brother of the famous writer Seneca.

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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC) was the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning 25 years until the popular uprising that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic.

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Lydia

Lydia (translit; Lȳdia) was an Iron Age historical region in western Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey.

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Manly P. Hall

Manly Palmer Hall (18 March 1901 – 29 August 1990) was a Canadian author, lecturer, astrologer and mystic.

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Manumission

Manumission, or enfranchisement, is the act of freeing slaves by their owners.

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Manumission inscriptions at Delphi

The archaeological site of Delphi is an incredible source of information on Greek epigraphy.

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Martin Litchfield West

Martin Litchfield West, (23 September 1937 – 13 July 2015) was a British philologist and classical scholar.

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Mithridatic Wars

The Mithridatic Wars were three conflicts fought by the Roman Republic against the Kingdom of Pontus and its allies between 88 – 63 BCE.

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Mother goddess

A mother goddess is a major goddess characterized as a mother or progenitor, either as an embodiment of motherhood and fertility or fulfilling the cosmological role of a creator- and/or destroyer-figure, typically associated the Earth, sky, and/or the life-giving bounties thereof in a maternal relation with humanity or other gods.

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Mount Parnassus

Mount Parnassus (Παρνασσός, Parnassós) is a mountain range of central Greece that is, and historically has been, especially valuable to the Greek nation and the earlier Greek city-states for many reasons. Delphi and mount Parnassus are tourist attractions in Central Greece.

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Mycenaean Greece

Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.

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Nerium

Nerium oleander, commonly known as oleander or rosebay, is a shrub or small tree cultivated worldwide in temperate and subtropical areas as an ornamental and landscaping plant.

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Nero

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.

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Nicholas Revett

Nicholas Revett (1720–1804) was a British architect.

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Nikiforos Vrettakos

Nikiforos Vrettakos (Νικηφόρος Βρεττάκος; Krokees, 1 January 1912 – Athens, 4 August 1991) was a Greek writer and poet.

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Nikolaus Gerbel

Nikolaus Gerbel (or Gerbellius) (c. 1485 – 1560) was a German humanist, jurist and doctor of both laws.

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Odyssey

The Odyssey (Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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Olympia, Greece

Olympia (Ολυμπία; Ὀλυμπία), officially Archaia Olympia (Αρχαία Ολυμπία), is a small town in Elis on the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece, famous for the nearby archaeological site of the same name. Delphi and Olympia, Greece are ancient Greek archaeological sites in Greece and world Heritage Sites in Greece.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Omphalos

An omphalos is a religious stone artefact. Delphi and omphalos are classical oracles.

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Omphalos of Delphi

The Omphalos of Delphi is an ancient marble monument that was found at the archaeological site of Delphi, Greece.

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Oracle

An oracle is a person or thing considered to provide insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities.

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Oribasius

Oribasius or Oreibasius (Ὀρειβάσιος; c. 320 – 403) was a Greek medical writer and the personal physician of the Roman emperor Julian.

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Origin myth

An origin myth is a type of myth that explains the beginnings of a natural or social aspect of the world.

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Oskar Seyffert (classical scholar)

Oskar Seyffert (23 January 1841, in Crossen an der Oder – 1 July 1906, in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe) was a German classical philologist.

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Ottoman Delphi

The Ottomans finalized their domination over Phocis and Delphi in ca.

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Ottoman Turks

The Ottoman Turks (Osmanlı Türkleri) were a Turkic ethnic group.

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Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium

The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium (ODB) is a three-volume historical dictionary published by the English Oxford University Press.

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Palaestra

A palaestra (or; also (chiefly British) palestra; παλαίστρα.) was any site of an ancient Greek wrestling school.

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Panagia

Panagia (Παναγία, fem. of, +, the All-Holy, or the Most Holy; pronounced) (also transliterated Panaghia or Panajia), in Medieval and Modern Greek, is one of the titles of Mary, mother of God, used especially in Orthodox Christianity and Eastern Catholicism.

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Panhellenic Games

Panhellenic Games is the collective term for four separate religious festivals held in ancient Greece that became especially well known for the athletic competitions they included.

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Panhellenic sanctuary

A Panhellenic sanctuary was a holy sanctuary, shrine or holy place of worship in Ancient Greece, that was open to all Greeks regardless of the city-state it belonged to.

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Pantheon (religion)

A pantheon is the particular set of all gods of any individual polytheistic religion, mythology, or tradition.

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Pausanias (geographer)

Pausanias (Παυσανίας) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD.

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Peloponnesian League

The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Sparta and centred on the Peloponnese, which lasted from c.550 to 366 BC.

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Peripteros

In Classical architecture, a peripteros (περίπτερος; see) is a type of ancient Greek or Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns.

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Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire

Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great (306–337) in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), when he destroyed a pagan temple for the purpose of constructing a Christian church.

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Perseus Digital Library

The Perseus Digital Library, formerly known as the Perseus Project, is a free-access digital library founded by Gregory Crane in 1987 and hosted by the Department of Classical Studies of Tufts University.

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Phaedriades

In Greece, the Phaedriades (Φαιδριάδες, meaning "the shining ones") are the pair of cliffs, ca 700 m high on the lower southern slope of Mt.

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Philip II of Macedon

Philip II of Macedon (Φίλιππος; 382 BC – October 336 BC) was the king (basileus) of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 359 BC until his death in 336 BC.

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Phocis

Phocis (Φωκίδα; Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece.

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Phocis (ancient region)

Phocis was an ancient region in the central part of Ancient Greece, which included Delphi.

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Pindar

Pindar (Πίνδαρος; Pindarus) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes.

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Plato

Plato (Greek: Πλάτων), born Aristocles (Ἀριστοκλῆς; – 348 BC), was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the written dialogue and dialectic forms.

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Pleistos

The Pleistos (Πλείστος, Πλεῖστος, Pleistus) is a river in central Greece.

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Pliny the Younger

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo (61 –), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome.

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Plutarch

Plutarch (Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos;; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.

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Pneuma

Pneuma (πνεῦμα) is an ancient Greek word for "breath", and in a religious context for "spirit" or "soul".

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Polygon

In geometry, a polygon is a plane figure made up of line segments connected to form a closed polygonal chain.

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Portico of the Aetolians

The Portico of the Aetolians, known also as the Western Portico, is one of the largest buildings of Delphi, situated outside of the sacred precinct of the sanctuary of Apollo.

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Poseidon

Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) is one of the Twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.

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Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.

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Proscenium

A proscenium (προσκήνιον) is the metaphorical vertical plane of space in a theatre, usually surrounded on the top and sides by a physical proscenium arch (whether or not truly "arched") and on the bottom by the stage floor itself, which serves as the frame into which the audience observes from a more or less unified angle the events taking place upon the stage during a theatrical performance.

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Protagoras (dialogue)

Protagoras (Πρωταγόρας) is a dialogue by Plato.

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Pulpitum

The pulpitum is a common feature in medieval cathedral and monastic church architecture in Europe.

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Pylos

Pylos (Πύλος), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Pythagoras

Pythagoras of Samos (Πυθαγόρας; BC) was an ancient Ionian Greek philosopher, polymath and the eponymous founder of Pythagoreanism.

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Pythia

Pythia (Πυθία) was the name of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Delphi and Pythia are ancient Delphi and classical oracles.

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Pythian Games

The Pythian Games (Ta Pythia) were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. Delphi and Pythian Games are ancient Delphi.

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Python (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Python (Πύθων; gen. Πύθωνος) was the serpent, sometimes represented as a medieval-style dragon, living at the center of the Earth, believed by the ancient Greeks to be at Delphi. Delphi and Python (mythology) are ancient Delphi.

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Religious precinct

A religious or sacred precinct is the area around a religious site, such as a temple, that is dedicated to religious purposes.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (rhododendra) is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae).

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Richard Chandler (antiquary)

Richard Chandler (1737 &ndash; 9 February 1810) was an English antiquary.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.

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Roman Republic

The Roman Republic (Res publica Romana) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium.

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Sanctuary

A sanctuary, in its original meaning, is a sacred place, such as a shrine.

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Second Sacred War

The Second Sacred War was the Spartan defeat of the Phocians at Delphi and the restoration of Delphian self-government.

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Serpent symbolism

The serpent, or snake, is one of the oldest and most widespread mythological symbols.

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Seven Sages of Greece

The Seven Sages or Seven Wise Men was the title given to seven philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers of the 7&ndash;6th century BC who were renowned for their wisdom.

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Sibyl

The sibyls (ai Sibyllai, singular Sibylla) were prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece. Delphi and sibyl are classical oracles.

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Sibyl rock

Sibyl rock is an outcropping of rock on the site of Delphi, standing just to the south of the Polygonal Wall.

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Sicyon

Sicyon (Σικυών; gen.: Σικυῶνος) or Sikyōn was an ancient Greek city state situated in the northern Peloponnesus between Corinth and Achaea on the territory of the present-day regional unit of Corinthia.

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Sicyonian Treasury

The Treasury of the Sicyonians is one of the buildings within the sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi.

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Sifnos

Sifnos (Σίφνος) is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece.

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Siphnian Treasury

The Siphnian Treasury was a building at the Ancient Greek cult centre of Delphi, erected to host the offerings of the polis, or city-state, of Siphnos.

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Society of Dilettanti

The Society of Dilettanti (founded 1734) is a British society of noblemen and scholars that sponsored the study of ancient Greek and Roman art, and the creation of new work in the style.

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Sparta

Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece.

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Sphinx of Naxos

The Sphinx of Naxos, also Sphinx of the Naxians, now in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi, is a 2.22 meter tall marble statue of a sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a woman, the chest and wings composed of the impressive feathers of a prey bird turned upward, and the body of a lioness.

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Spintharus of Corinth

Spintharus of Corinth (Spíntharos) was an ancient Greek architect.

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Stadium

A stadium (stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

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Stoa

A stoa (plural, stoas,"stoa", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1989 stoai, or stoae), in ancient Greek architecture, is a covered walkway or portico, commonly for public use.

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Stoa of the Athenians

The Stoa of the Athenians is an ancient portico in the Delphic Sanctuary, Greece, located south of the Temple of Apollo.

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Stylobate

In classical Greek architecture, a stylobate (στυλοβάτης) is the top step of the crepidoma, the stepped platform upon which colonnades of temple columns are placed (it is the floor of the temple).

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Suda

The Suda or Souda (Soûda; Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas (Σουίδας).

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Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman.

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Syracuse, Sicily

Syracuse (Siracusa; Sarausa) is a historic city on the Italian island of Sicily, the capital of the Italian province of Syracuse.

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Telephus

In Greek mythology, Telephus (Τήλεφος, Tēlephos, "far-shining") was the son of Heracles and Auge, who was the daughter of king Aleus of Tegea.

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Temple of Apollo (Delphi)

The Temple of Apollo, also known as Apollonion, (Greek) was a major part of the Panhellenic religious sanctuary located in Central Greece at Delphi. Delphi and Temple of Apollo (Delphi) are temples of Apollo.

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Temple of Athena Pronaia

The Temple of Athena Pronaia was a temple at the ancient site of Delphi, in the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia, a group of buildings comprising temples and treasuries as well as the famous Tholos of Delphi.

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The City in History

The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects is a 1961 National Book Award winner by American historian Lewis Mumford.

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The Sirius Mystery

The Sirius Mystery is a book written by Robert K. G. Temple (born Robert Kyle Grenville Temple in 1945) supporting the pseudoscientific ancient astronauts hypothesis that intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited the Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistoric times.

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Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage.

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Theban Treasury (Delphi)

The Treasury of the Thebans at Delphi was built in the Doric order and made entirely out of local limestone from the quarries of St.

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Thelpusa

Thelpusa or Thelpousa (Θέλπουσα), or Telphusa or Telphousa (Τέλφουσα), was a town in the west of ancient Arcadia, situated upon the left or eastern bank of the river Ladon.

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Themis

In Greek mythology and religion, Themis (justice, law, custom) is the goddess and personification of justice, divine order, law, and custom.

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Themistoclea

Themistoclea (Θεμιστόκλεια Themistokleia; also Aristoclea (Ἀριστοκλεία Aristokleia), Theoclea (Θεοκλεία Theokleia); fl. 6th century BCE) was, according to surviving sources, Pythagoras’ teacher while a priestess at Delphi.

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Theodorus of Samos

Theodorus of Samos was a 6th-century BC ancient Greek sculptor and architect from the Greek island of Samos.

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Theodosius I

Theodosius I (Θεοδόσιος; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also called Theodosius the Great, was a Roman emperor from 379 to 395.

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Theophany

Theophany (lit) is an encounter with a deity that manifests in an observable and tangible form.

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Thessaly

Thessaly (translit; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name.

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Third Sacred War

The Third Sacred War (356–346 BC) was fought between the forces of the Delphic Amphictyonic League, principally represented by Thebes, and latterly by Philip II of Macedon, and the Phocians.

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Tholos (architecture)

A tholos (tholoi; from Ancient Greek θόλος, meaning "conical roof" or "dome"), in Latin tholus (tholi), is a form of building that was widely used in the classical world.

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Tholos of Delphi

The Tholos of Delphi is among the ancient structures of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in Delphi.

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Tithe

A tithe (from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.

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Treasury of the Massaliots (Delphi)

The treasury of the Massaliots was situated in the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaea.

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Trophonius

Trophonius (Ancient Greek: Τροφώνιος Trophōnios) was a Greek hero or daimon or god—it was never certain which one—with a rich mythological tradition and an oracular cult at Lebadaea (Λιβαδειά; Levadia or Livadeia) in Boeotia, Greece. Delphi and Trophonius are classical oracles.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Vale of Tempe

The Vale of Tempe (Κοιλάδα των Τεμπών; Τέμπεα, Τέμπη) is a gorge in the Tempi municipality of northern Thessaly, Greece, located between Olympus to the north and Ossa to the south, and between the regions of Thessaly and Macedonia.

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Vitruvius

Vitruvius (–70 BC – after) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work titled De architectura.

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Votive offering

A votive offering or votive deposit is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for religious purposes.

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William Broad

William J. Broad (born March 7, 1951) is an American science journalist, author and a Senior Writer at The New York Times.

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William Pars

William Pars (28 February 1742 &ndash; 1782) was an English watercolour portrait and landscape painter, draughtsman, and illustrator.

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World Heritage Committee

The World Heritage Committee is a committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that selects the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance upon requests from States Parties.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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Yale University Press

Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University.

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Yiannis Ritsos

Yiannis Ritsos (Γιάννης Ρίτσος; 1 May 1909 – 11 November 1990) was a Greek poet and communist and an active member of the Greek Resistance during World War II.

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Yves Bonnefoy

Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art historian.

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Zeus

Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.

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5

5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit.

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See also

Ancient Delphi

Ancient Greek sanctuaries in Greece

Archaeological sites in Central Greece

Former theatres in Greece

Phocis

Populated places in Phocis

Temples of Apollo

Tourist attractions in Central Greece

World Heritage Sites in Greece

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi

Also known as Ancient Delphi, Archaeological Site of Delphi, Delfoi, Delphi in Late Antiquity, Delphi, Greece, Delphic Landscape, Delphoi, History of Delphi, Roman Agora (Delphi), Sibylline Rock, Temple at Delphi, Theatre of Delphi, Tholos (Delphi), Δελφοί.

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