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 ...

I was alone outside the ruined Temple of Apollo, where for more than 1,000 years the Oracle of Delphi enigmatically […] ...

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.

Delphi was an ancient religious sanctuary dedicated to the Greek god Apollo. Delphi was also considered by the ancient Greeks to be the center of the world. Occupation of the site at Delphi can be ...

Apollo, or, the Oracle of Delphi Broadway in 1891 - Apollo, or, the Oracle of Delphi Balanchine regarded Apollo as his artistic coming of age. He said that through the creation of this work, he ...

Delphi: A History of the Centre of the Ancient World. By Michael Scott. Princeton University Press; 422 pages; $29.95 and £19.95. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk WITH its setting at the foot of ...