Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Archaeological Site of Delphi' has mentioned 'Apollo' in the following places:
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| According to the Suda, Delphi took its name from the Delphyne, the she-serpent (drakaina) who lived there and was killed by the god Apollo (in other accounts the serpent was the male serpent (drakon ) Python). | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Delphi and the Delphic region 2 Archaeology of the precinct 2.1 The end of Delphi 2.2 Excavation 2.3 Delphi Archaeological Museum 3 Architecture of the precinct 3.1 Temple of Apollo 3.2 Treasuries 3.3 Altar of the Chians 3.4 Stoa of the Athenians 3.5 Sibyl rock 3.6 Theatre 3.7 Tholos 3.8 Gymnasium 3.9 Stadium 3.10 Hippodrome 3.11 Polygonal wall 3.12 Castalian spring 3.13 Athletic statues 4 Myths regarding the origin of the precinct 5 Oracle of Delphi 5.1 The prophetic process 5.2 Religious significance of the oracle 6 History 6.1 Ancient Delphi 6.2 Amphictyonic Council 6.3 The sacred precinct in the Iron Age 6.4 Abandonment and rediscovery 7 Delphi in later art 8 Delphi in later literature 9 Gallery 10 See also 11 Footnotes 12 Citations 13 Citation references 14 Further reading 14.1 5th-century evidence 15 External links | WIKI |
| The other aspects went on: the Pythian games, the worship of Apollo in the temple. | WIKI |
| He sent his physician to Delphi to rebuild the Temple of Apollo, and received an oracle for his efforts that "the speaking water has been silenced," which became known as "the last oracle" and is recorded by George Kedrenos. | WIKI |
| In 1893 the French Archaeological School removed vast quantities of soil from numerous landslides to reveal both the major buildings and structures of the sanctuary of Apollo and of Athena Pronoia along with thousands of objects, inscriptions and sculptures. | WIKI |
| To the southeast of the precinct of Apollo lay the so-called Southeastern Mansion, a building with a 65-meter-long faxc3xa7ade, spread over four levels, with four triclinia and private baths. | WIKI |
| Temple of Apollo[edit] | WIKI |
| Main article: Temple of Apollo (Delphi) | WIKI |
| Other details are given by Pausanias (10.5.9-13) and the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (294 ff.). | WIKI |
| From the entrance of the upper site, continuing up the slope on the Sacred Way almost to the Temple of Apollo, are a large number of votive statues, and numerous so-called treasuries. | WIKI |
| These buildings held the offerings made to Apollo; these were frequently a "tithe" or tenth of the spoils of a battle. | WIKI |
| Located in front of the Temple of Apollo, the main altar of the sanctuary was paid for and built by the people of Chios. | WIKI |
| The stoa, or open-sided, covered porch, is placed in an approximately E-W alignment along the base of the polygonal wall retaining the terrace on which the Temple of Apollo sits. | WIKI |
| The Sibyl rock is a pulpit-like outcrop of rock between the Athenian Treasury and the Stoa of the Athenians upon the sacred way which leads up to the temple of Apollo in the archaeological area of Delphi. | WIKI |
| It is claimed to be where an ancient Sibyl pre-dating the Pythia of Apollo sat to deliver her prophecies. | WIKI |
| The ancient theatre at Delphi was built further up the hill from the Temple of Apollo giving spectators a view of the entire sanctuary and the valley below. | WIKI |
| [20] The koilon (cavea) leans against the natural slope of the mountain whereas its eastern part overrides a little torrent that led the water of the fountain Cassotis right underneath the temple of Apollo. | WIKI |
| These pools and baths were said to have magical powers, and imparted the ability to communicate to Apollo himself. | WIKI |
| The retaining wall was built to support the terrace housing the construction of the second temple of Apollo in 548xc2xa0BC. | WIKI |
| At a later date, from 200xc2xa0BC onwards, the stones were inscribed with the manumission contracts of slaves who were consecrated to Apollo. | WIKI |
| When asked a question, an oracle never gave a direct answer, but spoke in allegories with "hidden meanings" and "ambiguities," said Plutarch, priest of Apollo and historian. | WIKI |
| Some Temple of Apollo appears in the Homeric Literature. | WIKI |
| In the Odyssey (xcexb8 79) Agamemnon crosses a "stone floor" to receive a prophecy from Apollo in Pytho, the first known of proto-history. | WIKI |
| There is no Apollo, no Zeus, no Hera, and certainly never was a great, serpent-like monster. | WIKI |
| Homeric Hymn 3, "To Apollo," is the oldest of the three loci, dating to the 7th century BC (estimate). | WIKI |
| [e] Apollo travels about after his birth on Delos seeking a place for an oracle. | WIKI |
| Changing into a dolphin, Apollo casts himself on deck. | WIKI |
| Apollo guides the ship around Greece, ending back at Crisa, where the ship grounds. | WIKI |
| Apollo enters his shrine with the Cretans to be its priests, worshipping him as Delphineus, "of the dolphin." | WIKI |
| The Homeric Hymn to Delphic Apollo recalled that the ancient name of this site had been Krisa. | WIKI |
| Apollo was said to have slain Python, a drako (a male serpent or a dragon) who lived there and protected the navel of the Earth. | WIKI |
| [38] "Python" (derived from the verb xcfx80xcfx8dxcexb8xcfx89 (pythxc5x8d),[39] "to rot") is claimed by some to be the original name of the site in recognition of Python which Apollo defeated. | WIKI |
| Apollo is connected with the site by his epithet xcex94xcexb5xcexbbxcfx86xcexafxcexbdxcexb9xcexbfxcfx82 Delphinios, "the Delphinian". | WIKI |
| The epithet is connected with dolphins (Greek xcexb4xcexb5xcexbbxcfx86xcexafxcfx82,-xe1xbfx96xcexbdxcexbfxcfx82) in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (line 400), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying Cretan priests on his back. | WIKI |
| [43] Another legend held that Apollo walked to Delphi from the north and stopped at Tempe, a city in Thessaly, to pick laurel (also known as bay tree) which he considered to be a sacred plant. | WIKI |
| Delphi is perhaps best known for its oracle, the Pythia, or sibyl, the duty priestess prophesying from the tripod in the sunken adyton of the Temple of Apollo. | WIKI |
| Apollo spoke through his oracle. | WIKI |
| According to legend, when Apollo slew Python its body fell into this fissure and fumes arose from its decomposing body. | WIKI |
| Intoxicated by the vapors, the sibyl would fall into a trance, allowing Apollo to possess her spirit. | WIKI |
| The oracle could not be consulted during the winter months, for this was traditionally the time when Apollo would live among the Hyperboreans. | WIKI |
| [45] Similar practice was followed in other Apollo oracles too. | WIKI |
| The toxic substances of oleander resulted in symptoms similar to those of epilepsy, the xe2x80x9csacred disease,xe2x80x9d which may have been seen as the possession of the Pythia by the spirit of Apollo. | WIKI |
| Ruins of the ancient temple of Apollo at Delphi, overlooking the valley of Phocis. | WIKI |
| Delphi became the site of a major temple to Phoebus Apollo, as well as the Pythian Games and the prehistoric oracle. | WIKI |
| According to the Homeric hymn to the Pythian Apollo, Apollo shot his first arrow as an infant which effectively slew the serpent Pytho, the son of Gaia, who guarded the spot. | WIKI |
| To atone the murder of Gaia's son, Apollo was forced to fly and spend eight years in menial service before he could return forgiven. | WIKI |
| The Pythian Games took place every four years to commemorate Apollo's victory. | WIKI |
| [62] Another regular Delphi festival was the "Theophania" (xcex98xcexb5xcexbfxcfx86xcexacxcexbdxcexb5xcexb9xcexb1), an annual festival in spring celebrating the return of Apollo from his winter quarters in Hyperborea. | WIKI |
| Myths indicate that Apollo killed the chthonic serpent Python guarding the Castalian Spring and named his priestess Pythia after her. | WIKI |
| Python, who had been sent by Hera, had attempted to prevent Leto, while she was pregnant with Apollo and Artemis, from giving birth. | WIKI |
| Apollo killed Python but had to be punished for it, since he was a child of Gaia. | WIKI |
| The shrine dedicated to Apollo was originally dedicated to Gaia and shared with Poseidon. | WIKI |
| Erwin Rohde wrote that the Python was an earth spirit, who was conquered by Apollo, and buried under the omphalos, and that it is a case of one deity setting up a temple on the grave of another. | WIKI |
| [65] Another view holds that Apollo was a fairly recent addition to the Greek pantheon coming originally from Lydia. | WIKI |
| [citation needed] The Etruscans coming from northern Anatolia also worshipped Apollo,[66] and it may be that he was originally identical with Mesopotamian Aplu, an Akkadian title meaning "son", originally given to the plague God Nergal, son of Enlil. | WIKI |
| [citation needed] Apollo Smintheus (Greek xcex91xcfx80xcfx8cxcexbbxcexbbxcfx89xcexbd xcexa3xcexbcxcexb9xcexbdxcexb8xcexb5xcfx8dxcfx82), the mouse killer[67] eliminates mice, a primary cause of disease, hence he promotes preventive medicine. | WIKI |
| Earlier myths[70][18] include traditions that Pythia, or the Delphic oracle, already was the site of an important oracle in the pre-classical Greek world (as early as 1400xc2xa0BC) and, rededicated from about 800xc2xa0BC, when it served as the major site during classical times for the worship of the god Apollo. | WIKI |
| The conflict resulted in the consolidation of the Amphictyonic League, which had both a military and a religious function revolving around the protection of the Temple of Apollo. | WIKI |
| Apollo's sacred precinct in Delphi was a Panhellenic Sanctuary, where every four years, starting in 586xc2xa0BC[72] athletes from all over the Greek world competed in the Pythian Games, one of the four Panhellenic Games, precursors of the Modern Olympics. | WIKI |
| In the inner hestia (hearth) of the Temple of Apollo, an eternal flame burned. | WIKI |
| His identifications however were not always correct: for example he described a round building he saw as the temple of Apollo while this was simply the base of the Argives' ex-voto. | WIKI |
| [81] A famous example constitutes Michelangelo's Delphic Sibyl (1509),[82][83][84] the 19th-century German engraving Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, as well as the recent ink on paper drawing "The Oracle of Delphi" (2013) by M. | WIKI |
| a) the priest of Apollo (176) | WIKI |
| When Christ was born a priest of Apollo was sacrificing below the monastery of Panayia, on the road of Livadeia, on a site called Logari. | WIKI |
| Suddenly he abandoned the sacrifice and says to the people: "in this moment was born the son of God, who will be very powerful, like Apollo, but then Apollo will beat him". | WIKI |
| Here lies the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Apollo, the Olympian god of light, knowledge and harmony. | UNESCO |
| At the same time, their fame and prestige spread throughout the whole of the then known world, from which pilgrims came to the site to receive an oracle from the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo. | UNESCO |
| At the legendary site where Apollo slew the serpent Python, celestial cults replaced chthonian cults and introduced the old heritage of myths originating from primitive times. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (vi): According to the ancients, the Temple of Apollo was where the Omphalos was located, that is, the navel of the universe, the centre of the earth. | UNESCO |