Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...

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

Doomed to the same fate was also the Oracle of Delphi. An earthquake in 381 AD closed the fissures around the tectonic faults, and with no gases from the ground, the Pythia was no longer able to ...

J. Henry Middleton, The Temple of Apollo at Delphi, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 9 (1888), pp. 282-322 ...

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 ...