Delphi: at the archeological site

At the foot of Mount Parnassos, in the evocative natural landscape that is formed between two majestic rocks, the Phaedriades, is the pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi and the most famous oracle of ancient Greece. Delphi was the navel of the earth, where, according to mythology, the two eagles sent by Zeus from the ends of the universe to find the center of the world met, and for many centuries it was the spiritual and religious center and the symbol of unity of ancient Hellenism. The history of Delphi is lost in the prehistory and in the myths of the ancient Greeks. According to tradition, here originally was a sanctuary dedicated to the female deity of the Earth, and its guardian was the terrible dragon Python.

Source Ministry of Culture Author: Dr. E. Lot Archaeologist

Date: 1973