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Comment: Delphi's theater. Because the Pythia (Priestess of Delphi) only gave oracles one day a month there was often a 'backlog' of oracles. Delphi in turn developed a full complement of entertainment and athletic facilities, including this theather, a stadium, baths, and a gymnasium. Visitors didn't mind waiting I imagine -the multitude of sacrifices being performed (one needed to sacrifice to even see if an oracle could be taken on a certain day) would have provided a lot of food.
Delphi 005 * These pictures are from a day trip to Delphi, the ancient site of the Oracle to Apollo. This is looking down onto the valley, with parts of the temple to 'Athena Proneia' in the lower left * 1600 x 1200 * (530KB)

Delphi 006 * If you look carefully there is a goat in the middle there (black and white). This huge outcropping towers over the Castellian Fountain, a spring that was used for purification and other rites before entering the site of Delphi proper. * 1600 x 1200 * (932KB)

Delphi 007 * Modern day water channel for the Castellian Spring. * 1600 x 1200 * (684KB)

Delphi 008 * First look of the grounds of Delphi. The columns above are from the Temple to Apollo. * 1600 x 1200 * (695KB)

Delphi 009 * Now looking down on that same temple. * 1600 x 1200 * (678KB)

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Delphi 011 * At the back is the 'adyton', a sacred place where only the Pythia could go. According to some testimonia she sat on a tripod, chewed laurel leaves, and breathed 'fumes' that came up from a chasm in the temple floor. Upon entering a trance she would speak the will of Zeus (by invoking Apollo). This would then be translated and delivered to the oracle seeker. * 1600 x 1200 * (450KB)

Delphi 012 * More of the theater. As an aside...some oracles were meant to be ambiguous. The king of Lydia, desirous to invade the Persians consulted the Oracle and got this response 'A great empire will fall'. Taking this to be a divine go-ahead he attacked Persia and was soundly defeated. The empire was his own! * 1600 x 1200 * (814KB)

Delphi 013 * Getting higher... The Athenians also consulted the Oracle when attacked by the Persians in 480. They got a response to 'hide behind your wooden walls'. Some thought this to be the wooden walls of the Acropolis. The statesman Themistocles saw an alternate meaning though - the Athenian navy. Those who followed him found victory at Salamis, those who stayed were defeated when the Persians razed the city. * 1600 x 1200 * (406KB)

Delphi 014 * We finally made it up to the stadium. * 1600 x 1200 * (639KB)

Delphi 015 * 1600 x 1200 * (736KB)

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