Delphi was an important religious site in ancient Greece, home to the most important oracle of Apollo. The oracle was housed in Apollo's temple and was consulted through a priestess called the Pythia before major decisions and events. The site also hosted the Pythian Games every four years. The Temple of Apollo, dating to the 4th century BC, was the major structure and site of worship until its destruction in the 4th century AD under Christianity. Other buildings included treasuries to hold offerings, and the site was overseen by the Amphictyonic Council of Greek tribes.

1. DELPHI
“The Navel of The Earth”

3. Some General Facts:
Delphi is an archeological site located on the
southwestern spur of mount Parnassus in the
Valley of Phocis.
The Delphic oracle is the most important oracle
of the Classical Greek World and a major site
of worship of the Olympian god Apollo.
Apollo’s sacred precinct was a Panhellenic
sanctuary, where athletes from the entire
country competed every four years in The
Pythian Games, precursors of the Modern
Olympic Games.

5. The Oracle Delphi is perhaps best known for the Oracle in the
sanctuary dedicated to god Apollo during the Classical
Period.
The Sibyl or Priestess of the Oracle at Delphi was
Known as Pythia.
The Oracle exerted considerable influence throughout
the Greek world, and she was consulted before all major
undertakings: wars, the founding of colonies, and so
forth.
The oracle could not be consulted during the winter
months, for this was traditionally the time when Apollo
would live among the Hyperboreans. Dionysus would
inhabit the temple during that time.
Barbarian invasions burned the Temple, which had
been severely damaged by an earthquake in 83 BC.
Thus the Oracle fell in decay and the surrounding area
became impoverished.

6. The Temple of Apollo
The ruins of the Temple of Delphi visible today date from the 4th century BC are of a peripteral Doric
building
The temple survived until 390 AD, when the Christian emperor Theodosius I silenced the oracle by
destroying the temple and most of the statues and works of art in the name of Christianity

8. Amphictyonic Council
The Amphictyonic Council was a council of representatives from six Greek tribes that controlled
Delphi and also the quadrennial Pythian Games. They met biannually and came from Thessaly and
central Greece. Over time, the town of Delphi gained more control of itself and the council lost much
of its influence.

9. Treasuries From the entrance of the site,
continuing up the slope almost to the
temple itself, are a large number of
votive statues, and numerous
treasuries.
They are called "treasuries" because
they held the offerings made to
Apollo; these were frequently a
"tithe" or tenth of the spoils of a
battle.
One of the largest of the treasuries
was that of Argos. Built in the late
Doric period, the Argives took great
pride in establishing their place
amongst the other city states.It was
the abuse of these treasuries by
various people during the years that
led to the eclipse of Greek
civilization and the eventual growth of
Rome.

10. Some other buildings:
Temple of Apollo
Amphictyonic Council
Treasuries
Altar of the Chians
Stoa of the Athenians
Sibyl rock

11. Theatre
Tholos
Gymnasium
Stadium
Hippodrome
Polygonal wall
Castalian spring
Athletic statues

12. Thanks for your
attentionGoudas Tatiana
Yiannopoulou Danae
Yiorgoyianni Dimitra