Built around a sacred spring, it was considered the centre of the world. People came to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia, the priestess at the Temple of Apollo.

Visiting the Oracle at Delphi is nothing short of soul-stirring. So is retracing the path that ancient visitors took to get there. Credit...Maria Mavropoulou for The New York Times Supported by By Liz ...

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 to be ...

Charles Sandison, Garden of Pythia (work in progress). Courtesy of the artist. PCAI artwork commission Observer caught up with Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the founder of PCAI and a passionate patron ...

WE are inclined, and not without reason, to regard the story of the Greeks, in spite of their many priceless achievements for mankind, as in a sense tragic, after all. Though some of the Hellenic ...

For at least 12 centuries, the oracle at Delphi spoke on behalf of the gods, advising rulers, citizens and philosophers on everything from their sex lives to affairs of state. The oracle was always a ...

Rain fell in sheets on the broken columns and stone blocks. I stood on the ancient ground where Agamemnon, Socrates and Cicero, among others, had humbly stood, hoping to get answers to their big ...

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