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According to the Suda, Delphi took its name from the Delphyne, the she-serpent who lived there and was killed by the god Apollo (in other accounts the serpent was the male serpent (drakon) Python). [ 5 ] [ 6 ]
In late 8th c. B.C., along with the offerings from all over Greece, imports from the East began to arrive in Delphi. These imported offerings were brought by Greek seafarers from Asia by way of the Greek trading posts of northern Syria (Al Mina, Tyre) and the islands of Crete, Cyprus and Rhodes.
Aug 30, 2024 · Excavations reveal that Delphi was first inhabited in late Mycenaean times (as early as the 15th century bce). Priests from Knossos brought the cult of Apollo to the site in the 8th century bce .
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According to tradition, the Greek cities asked the oracle of Delphi to suggest a location for the establishment of their colonies. On the other hand, after the First Sacred War, Delphi became the sea of the Amphictyony, i.e. the confederation of Central Greece, a fact which sealed their later history.
After the Battle of Plataea (479 B.C.E.), the Greek cities extinguished their fires and brought new fire from the hearth of Greece, at Delphi; in the foundation stories of several Greek colonies, the founding colonists were first dedicated at Delphi.
Jun 5, 2022 · Her name, we learn, was Aethra (ancient Greek for “clear sky”) and her tears the drops of rain that fell seemingly out of the blue. The same night, Phalanthus sacked the city of Tarentum in southern Italy.
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The ancient Greeks believed that the gods communicated with mortals through oracles, and the most famous of these oracles was the Oracle of Delphi. Located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus in central Greece, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important religious sanctuary in the ancient Greek world.
