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

Ancient Greeks were active travelers, despite the dangers of land travel and the fear of highwaymen, while sea travel ...

Scholars consider the roughly 100-mile-long walk from Athens to Delphi’s Temple of Apollo among the oldest continuously used footpaths in the world. It’s one of the first trips people took ...

As the patron deity of Delphi, near Phocis, a sanctuary was erected in the fourth century BC by architects Spintharus, Xenodoros, and Agathon to worship Apollo.

The Oracle dwelt in the main temple known as the 'Sanctuary of Apollo'. Perhaps due to the areas' pre-historic connection to the worship of the earth goddess, it was a priestess who filled this ...