Delphi

Gepubliceerd op 23 feb. 2015

Mystery Of The Oracle Of Delphi - World Documentaries

The Pythia, commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, was the name of any kind of priestess throughout the past history of Temple of Apollo at Delphi, situated on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, underneath the Castalian Spring (the brand-new priestess was chosen after the death of the existing priestess). The Delphic oracle was established in the 8th century BC, although it could have been existing in some type in Late Mycenaean times, from 1400 BC and was abandoned, and there is evidence that Apollo took over the shrine from an earlier dedication to Gaia.

During this period the Delphic Oracle was the most authoritative and prominent oracle among the Greeks. The oracle is among the best-documented spiritual institutions of the classic Greeks. Writers that discuss the oracle include Aeschylus, Aristotle, Clement of Alexandria, Diodorus, Diogenes, Euripides, Herodotus, Julian, Justin, Livy, Lucan, Ovid, Pausanias, Pindar, Plato, Plutarch, Sophocles, Strabo, Thucydides and Xenophon.