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  ▪ Date/Time:  2004:11:06 06:00:23
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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)

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Delphi 016 * This archway was behind the starting line. Runners could come back and process here after victories. Notice the two notches. Runners here could crouch down in a pose very similar to the one used in modern days with supports. * 1600 x 1200 * (744KB)

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Delphi 019 * 1600 x 1200 * (659KB)

Delphi 020 * This is an underground recess below the temple. It winds beneath the temple for a short way before emerging from the ground to the right. * 1600 x 1200 * (839KB)

Delphi 021 * A (lopsided) picture of a stoa (columned, roofed, promenade) built by the Athenians. The inscription (still visible) on the steps describes the dedication to the Athenians. * 1600 x 1200 * (687KB)

Delphi 022 * This is a reconstructed treasury, also built by the Athenians. The emerging city-states would export luxury goods to these treasuries in an effort to show off to other powers (almost everyone had a treasury here). These were also found at other panhellenic sites like Olympia. The side contains an inscribed hymn to Apollo that some scholars use as a source to 're-enact' ancient Greek music or drama. * 1600 x 1200 * (505KB)

Delphi 023 * This is marker showing the 'Omphalos'. Ancient Greeks believed this spot to be the navel of the universe, citing a myth were Zeus released two eagles, one from the East, the other from the West, and they met over Delphi. * 1600 x 1200 * (791KB)

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