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  2. Delphi - Wikipedia

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    Delphi among the main Greek sanctuaries. Delphi (/ ˈ d ɛ l f aɪ, ˈ d ɛ l f i /; [1] Greek: Δελφοί), [a] 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.

  3. Temple of Apollo (Delphi) - Wikipedia

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    During antiquity, the temple was home to the famous Greek prophetess the Pythia, or the Oracle of Delphi, making the Temple of Apollo and the sanctuary at Delphi a major Panhellenic religious site as early as the 8th century B.C.E., and a place of great importance at many different periods of ancient Greek history. [3]

  4. Claros - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Apollo at Claros was a very important center of prophecy, as in Delphi and Didyma. The oldest literary information about this sacred site goes back to the sixth and seventh centuries BC, through the Homeric Hymns, though Proto-Geometric pottery at the site betokens 9th century occupation.

  5. Pythia - Wikipedia

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    The temple had the statement "Know thyself", one of the Delphic maxims, carved into it (and some modern Greek writers say the rest were carved into it), and the maxims were attributed to Apollo and given through the Oracle and/or the Seven Sages of Greece ("know thyself" perhaps also being attributed to other famous philosophers).

  6. Greek divination - Wikipedia

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    The oracle at Delphi gave oracles from Apollo. [17] Apollo in an oracular function is associated with both plague, purification [21] and truth. Even though the prophecies given by him were ambiguous, he is said to have never uttered a lie. [22] Apollo's oracle at Delphi is the most famous and was the most important oracular site of ancient Greece.

  7. Delphi (modern town) - Wikipedia

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    The modern town of Delphi (/ ˈ d ɛ l f aɪ / or / ˈ d ɛ l f i /; Greek: Δελφοί, ) is situated immediately west of the archaeological site of the same name.The town was created as a home for the population of Castro, which was relocated to allow for the excavation of the site of ancient Delphi.

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  9. Python (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Python, sometimes written Pytho, presided at the Delphic oracle, which existed in the cult center for its mother, Gaia, "Earth", Pytho being the place name that was substituted for the earlier Krisa. [1] Greeks considered the site to be the center of the Earth, represented by a stone, the omphalos or navel, which Python guarded.