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1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Today's small village of Delphi overlooks the beautiful Amfissa valley and the Gulf of Corinth. In the valley were nearly three million olive trees, the largest olive tree grove in Greece.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Inside the museum is the Omphalos, a sacred stone once housed inside the Temple of Apollo. Legend says this stone signified that Delphi was the center of the known world, so determined when two eagles released by Zeus in opposite directions flew around the globe and crossed directly over it. A more recent theory is that the Omphalos was positioned over a natural fissure beneath the temple and served to channel the hallucinogenic vapors (probably ethylene) into the Oracle's chamber.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - The most famous artifact in the museum is the Charioteer, a bronze statue of a youth in a chariot race. Originally, the figure stood in a bronze chariot drawn by two horses, but only pieces of the sculpture remain.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Also along the Sacred Way, pilgrims would pass by numerous "treasuries" where the gifts of grateful beneficiaries of the Oracle's guidance would be stored. The most impressive is the Treasury of Athens, built to commemorate the Athenians' victory over the Persians at Marathon.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - At the very top of the hillside overlooking the Delphi sanctuary are the ruins of a stadium. Here the second-most important sporting event was held in Greece - the Pythian Games (the Olympics were, of course, the most significant). Among the sports were chariot races that would race around the narrow oval infield.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - In the valley below the main Delphi sanctuary there was another temple, this one dedicated to the goddess Athena. The purpose of its most prominent feature - the circular tholos - remains a mystery.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Jeanne could hardly resist taking a lap or two, sprinting on the same ground that Greek athletes trod 3,000 years ago.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - When visitors to Delphi were not consulting the Oracle, they might have gathered in this theater with its spectacular view of the sanctuary and the valley below. Built in the 4th century B.C., it accommodated 5,000 spectators.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Visitors seeking the Oracle's guidance would ascend to the Temple of Apollo via the Sacred Way, a curving path of switchbacks up the hillside. Entering the path, they would first pass a marketplace, then nearly 3,000 statues along the way.
DELPHI, GREECE - Today's small village of Delphi overlooks the beautiful Amfissa valley and the Gulf of Corinth. In the valley were nearly three million olive trees, the largest olive tree grove in Greece.
1000places > DELPHI, GREECE - Today's small village of Delphi overlooks the beautiful Amfissa valley and the Gulf of Corinth. In the valley were nearly three million olive trees, the largest olive tree grove in Greece.
DELPHI, GREECE - Today's small village of Delphi overlooks the beautiful Amfissa valley and the Gulf of Corinth. In the valley were nearly three million olive trees, the largest olive tree grove in Greece.
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