Today we are visiting the temple of Apollo. The Oracle had accommodations in the basement (for want of a better word).
People would come from all over the Greek world to visit the temple and ask the Oracle questions. The Oracle, who was a woman, would render an answer in the form of a riddle. The riddle resulted in ambiguity and it had to be interpreted. The Oracle could never be wrong, because the answer a riddle.
The Oracle had a term of 4 years. It is not known what happened to the Oracle after the term. All Oracles were picked by the priest of the temple from one particular village nearby.
According to the myth, Zeus let fly two eagles from the West and the East. The point at which they crossed each other was to be the site. This was also known as the Navel or the center of the universe.
People would come from all over the Greek world to visit the temple and ask the Oracle questions. The Oracle, who was a woman, would render an answer in the form of a riddle. The riddle resulted in ambiguity and it had to be interpreted. The Oracle could never be wrong, because the answer a riddle.
The Oracle had a term of 4 years. It is not known what happened to the Oracle after the term. All Oracles were picked by the priest of the temple from one particular village nearby.
According to the myth, Zeus let fly two eagles from the West and the East. The point at which they crossed each other was to be the site. This was also known as the Navel or the center of the universe.
Temple at Delphi
Temple of Apollo at Delphi
We then visited the museum where some of the Artifacts are housed.
Stopped over for lunch at a restaurant called Scala where fish was the speciality. It was great. Lot of Ouzo, of course.
View from Restaurant at Lunch Time
My Delicious Lunch
After lunch we headed out to Meteora. On our way we visited a monument dedicated to the battle of Thermopylae, the famous battle where the Spartans delayed the Turks on their way to Athens.
Spartan Monument
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