Control of the Oracle of Delphi was a key issue in Ancient Greece, and various cities and coalitions fought over it during ...

I was alone outside the ruined Temple of Apollo, where for more than 1,000 years the Oracle of Delphi enigmatically answered the questions of curious pilgrims – including kings, generals and ...

Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered ...

She was always an older woman, but was dressed as a virgin. One did not simply drop into Delphi for a chat with the god. Apollo spoke only in the summer in the hottest month of the year.

The Oracle of Delphi (about 800 BCE – 400 CE) was the most famous of these fortune tellers. Considered the mouthpiece of Apollo (the god of light and truth), she was sought out by philosophers ...

A glance at the August issue of Scientific American: Entranced with the oracle at DelphiAccording to tradition, the oracle at Delphi worked this way: In an underground room in the temple of Apollo ...

Host Bob Edwards talks with archaeologist John Hale about his recent discovery of gasses rising from beneath the floor of Apollo's Temple at Delphi in Athens. Hale's findings agree with ancient ...

Apollo, or, the Oracle of Delphi Broadway in 1891 - Apollo, or, the Oracle of Delphi Balanchine regarded Apollo as his artistic coming of age. He said that through the creation of this work, he ...