The Temple of Apollo

The Temple of Apollo at Delphi, Greece

David's Been Here presents an iPhone Short above the Temple of Apollo in Delphi, Greece. Dating back to the 14th Century BC, this ancient site was home to both the Delphic Oracle (the most important of all the oracles in the ancient Greek world) and was also the alleged center of the entire universe (as stated by Zeus). Rich in history, mythology and ancient ruins, Delphi is a must visit when traveling through Greece. For more information on visiting, check out the David's Been Here Guide to Greece, now available for your Kindle as well.

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Ruins of The Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece

This video is based on our visit to Greece during September, 2015.

Delphi in Greece - The Oracle of Delphi at the Temple of Apollo

Join us as we visit Delphi in Greece to see where the Oracle of Delphi was in the Temple of Apollo and to see the Theater and the Stadium and other sites at Delphi. Delphi is an impressive site on the south-western slope of Mount Parnassus. It is an archaeological site that is recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Following is information about Delphi.
“The first stone of the Temple of Apollo and most of the Treasuries, i.e. the small temple-shaped building that housed votives by cities in memory of military victories and noble deeds, were erected in the 6th c. B.C.” (as stated on a sign at Delphi).
Sibyl the prophetess: “The Delphic Sibyl was a woman from before the Trojan Wars (c. 11th century BC) mentioned by Pausanias writing in the 2nd century AD about stories he had heard locally. The Sibyl would have predated the real Pythia, the oracle and priestess of Apollo, originating from around the 8th century BC.” (
The Oracle of Delphi (Pythia) was the priestess of the sanctuary that was dedicated to the Greek god Apollo. It was believed that Pythia, while in a trance, would channel prophecies from Apollo. There was more than one “Pythia”. Upon the death of a prior Pythia, a new Pythia was chosen from among the priestesses of the temple. We were told by our Guide that trance-inducing fumes came from the ground into the Oracle’s Chamber.
From a sign at Delphi about the Navel: “The sacred omphalos of Delphi, believed to have fallen from the heavens was shaped like a conical stone devoid of shaping.” “According to mythological tradition, Zeus released two golden eagles in different directions. At the point where the two god-sent birds met, Zeus threw down a stone that landed in Delphi.”
Behind the Navel is the Treasury of the Athenians. From a sign at Delphi, the “Treasuries were small, temple-shaped buildings dedicated by the Greek city-states and their colonies at sanctuaries. They often housed precious votives of the city that had dedicated them.”
We were shown a picture of ancient ruins that were built on sturdy retaining walls. Excavations below the ruins showed pillars and an immense pillar with the Sphinx on top of it (the Sphinx now can be seen in the Museum of Delphi).
The Tholos of Delphi is a circular temple among ancient structures sharing the site of the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia.
The column with the 3-headed snake was dedicated to Apollo after a victory against the Persians.
“The theater at Delphi is build further up the hill from the Temple of Apollo and it presented the seated audience with a spectacular view of the entire sanctuary below and the valley beyond. It was built in the 4th c. B.C. our of local Parnassus limestone and was remodeled several times subsequently. Its 35 rows can accommodate around five thousand spectators who in ancient times enjoyed plays, poetry readings, and musical events during the various festivals that took place periodically at Delphi. The lower tiers of seats were built during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.” (Source:
The Stadium is high up on the hill above the sacred areas. It was built in the 5th century BC. Around 6,500 people could sit in the Stadium. It held the first games, the Pythian games, in honor of Apollo every four years at his sanctuary in Delphi with war tactics such as discus and javelin throwing, chariot races and other sports where people were not killed, but a laurel wreath was awarded (as in later Olympian Games).

The SANCTUARY of Athena, Delphi, Greece

This sacred precinct at Delphi was dedicated either to Athena Pronoia (Athena of Foresight) or Athena Pronaia (Athena before the Temple). The former epithet seems to echo the function of the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, while the latter could refer to the sanctuary's position below (and on the way to) the great Temple of Apollo.

This site has been revered since Mycenaean times (c.15th century BC. Clay figurines of women and fine sculptures from this period can be admired in the Delphi Museum.

The first Temple of Athena was built here in the 7th century BC and rebuilt at the beginning of the 5th century BC. In the early 4th century BC (c.360 BC), the New Temple of Athena was built in another part of the precinct, along with the mysterious Tholos. The nearby gymnasium was built in this period as well.
What to See at Sanctuary of Athena

Overlooking a beautiful valley carpeted with olive trees, the sacred precinct dedicated to Athena is roughly rectangular in shape, with the entrance at the east end. Pilgrims entered the sanctuary through a monumental gateway, the huge lintel of which now lies on the ground.

Most of the sanctuary's structures have been reduced to foundations and fallen fragments, including two successive temples of Athena. The oldest part of the sanctuary is the eastern part, where the remains of a Mycenaean settlement were unearthed.

Here stood the Old Temple of Athena, built in the early 5th century BC on the foundations of a 7th-century structure. Made of tufa, it was a Doric peripteral hexastyle building. The temple was badly damaged in 480 BC by a rock slide and finished off by an earthquake in 373 BC. Another landslide in 1905 demolished all but three columns.

The central area of the sanctuary is occupied by three buildings: a Doric treasury (490-60 BC) made of marble on a limestone foundation; the fine Aeolian Treasury of Massalia (c.530) of Parian marble; and the Tholos.

The Tholos, a Pentelic marble rotunda from the early 4th century BC, is of unknown purpose and dedication but may have sheltered an important statue. The design has been attributed by some to Theodorus of Phocaia, who built the tholos at the Asclepion of Epidaurus. The Delphi tholos consists of a round platform with three steps supported a circular peristyle of 20 slender Doric columns. The interior, paved and decorated with Corinthian half-columns, was entered from the south. Three columns of the Tholos with their entablature were re-erected in 1938 and the cornice and metopes were replicated based on surviving fragments. Surrounded by a field of architectural fragments against a mountain backdrop, it is perhaps the most picturesque sight in Delphi.

The west end of the precinct is occupied by the New Temple of Athena, built around 360 BC and reduced to foundations. It was a prostyle temple with a portico of six Doric columns.

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Δελφοί η Θόλος της Αθηνάς Προναίας | Tholos the temple of Athena Pronea

Η Θόλος των Δελφών ανήκει στα οικοδομήματα που κοσμούσαν το ιερό της Αθηνάς Προναίας. Το εντυπωσιακό κυκλικό κτήριο χρονολογείται στο 380 π.Χ. Έχει χαρακτηριστεί ως μια από τις ωραιότερες και εξαιρετικές δημιουργίες της αρχαίας ελληνικής αρχιτεκτονικής. Κοντά στο Θόλο βρίσκεται η Κασταλία πηγή που πήρε το όνομα της από την μυθική νύμφη Κασταλία, η οποία στην προσπάθειά της να ξεφύγει από τον Απόλλωνα έπεσε στην πηγή αυτή και πνίγηκε. Στα νερά της εξαγνίζονταν οι επισκέπτες πριν να εισέλθουν στο μαντείο. Λίγο πριν τον αρχαιολογικό χώρο βρίσκεται το Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών, από τα πιο σημαντικά στην Ελλάδα, παρουσιάζει την ιστορία του φημισμένου δελφικού ιερού και του πιο ξακουστού μαντείου του αρχαίου ελληνικού κόσμου. Πολλοί δε γνωρίζουν ότι μέσα στον αρχαιολογικό χώρο υπήρχε ένα Ορθόδοξο μοναστήρι, της Παναγιάς, που δυστυχώς πολύ λίγα πράγματα έχουν μείνει από αυτό μετά την ανασκαφή των Γάλλων.

Tholos of Epidaurus

The Tholos of Epidaurus, according to the relevant building inscription, was built between 365 and 335 BC, as part of the great building program of the Sanctuary, immediately after the completion of the construction of the temple of Asclepius.

Pausanias, a traveler of the 2nd century AD, reports that the architect of the Tholos of Epidaurus was Polykleitos from Argos.

The Tholos of Epidaurus has until now the reputation of the finest circular building of ancient Greek architecture.

Greece Day 1 - Delphi

Delphi: the Temple of Apollo, the Delphic Tholos, the Athenian Treasury, the thaetre

Delphi Greece - The Temple of Apollo at Delphi (Cycle Tour Day 18)

Delphi Greece was once known as the Navel of the World. This UNESCO site was once a sanctuary that people would travel to from all over the known world to hear the prophecies of Pythia.
Perhaps nothing much has changed!
People still visit Delphi Greece from all over the world to marvel at this remarkable archaeological site.
In this video, I take you for a walk along some of the old processional path up to the sanctuary of Delphi. Once there, I then take you around the UNESCO site of Delphi in Greece, showing the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, the Temple of Athena Pronaia, and the Museum of Delphi.
I visited the temples of Delphi as part of my bike tour around Central Greece in September 2018.
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Delphi - Temple of Apollo

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Delphi: The Bellybutton of the Ancient World

What really went on at the ancient Greek oracle at Delphi, how did it get its awesome reputation and why is it still influential today?

Michael Scott of Cambridge University uncovers the secrets of the most famous oracle in the ancient world. A vital force in ancient history for a thousand years, it is now one of Greece's most beautiful tourist sites, but in its time it has been a gateway into the supernatural, a cockpit of political conflict, and a beacon for internationalism. And at its heart was the famous inscription which still inspires visitors today - 'Know Thyself'.

Temple of Athena and tholos at Delphi.

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the most important oracle in the classical Greek world

Delphi tour from Athens

See the temple of Apollo were was the oracle, Tholos, the theatre and the Stadium. The most sacred place in Greece, it was believed as the center of the Earth. Inside the Museum is the Charioteer and the golden mask of Apollo.

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At the foot of Mount Parnassos, within the angle formed by the twin rocks of the Phaedriades, lies the Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which had the most famous oracle of ancient Greece. Delphi was regarded as the centre of the world. According to mythology, it is here that the two eagles sent out by Zeus from the ends of the universe to find the navel of the world met. The sanctuary of Delphi, set within a most spectacular landscape, was for many centuries the cultural and religious centre and symbol of unity for the Hellenic world. The history of Delphi begins in prehistory and in the myths of the ancient Greeks. In the beginning the site was sacred to Mother Earth and was guarded by the terrible serpent Python, who was later killed by Apollo. Apollo's sanctuary was built here by Cretans who arrived at Kirrha, the port of Delphi, accompanied by the god in the form of a dolphin. This myth survived in plays presented during the various Delphic festivals, such as the Septerion, the Delphinia, the Thargelia, the Theophania and, of course. the famous Pythia, which celebrated the death of Python and comprised musical and athletic competitions.

The earliest finds in the area of Delphi, which date to the Neolithic period (4000 BC), come from the Korykeion Andron, a cave on Parnassos, where the first rituals took place. The remains of a Mycenaean settlement and cemetery were discovered within the sanctuary, but traces of occupation are rare and very fragmentary until the eighth century BC, when the cult of Apollo was established and the development of the sanctuary and the oracle began. The first stone temples of Apollo and Athena, who was also officially venerated under the name of Pronaia or Pronoia and had her own sanctuary, were built towards the end of the seventh century BC. According to literary and archaeological evidence other gods were associated with the sanctuary; these included Artemis, Poseidon, Dionysus, Hermes, Zeus Polieus, Hygeia and Eileithyia.

The sanctuary was the centre of the Amphictyonic League, an association of twelve tribes of Thessaly and the Sterea (south-central Greece), with religious and later political significance. The Amphictyonic League controlled the operation and finances of the sanctuary, as it designated its priests and other officials chosen from among the inhabitants of Delphi. In the sixth century BC, under the League's protection and administration, the sanctuary was made autonomous (First Sacred War), it increased its territory and political and religious influence throughout Greece, and reorganised the Pythian Games, the second most important games in Greece after the Olympics, which were held every four years.

Between the sixth and fourth centuries BC, the Delphic oracle, which was regarded as the most trustworthy, was at its peak. It was delivered by the Pythia, the priestess, and interpreted by the priests of Apollo. Cities, rulers and ordinary individuals alike consulted the oracle, expressing their gratitude with great gifts and spreading its fame around the world. The oracle was thought to have existed since the dawn of time. Indeed, it was believed to have successfully predicted events related to the cataclysm of Deukalion, the Argonaut's expedition and the Trojan War; more certain are the consultations over the founding of the Greek colonies. It was the oracle's fame and prestige that caused two Sacred Wars in the middle of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. In the third century BC, the sanctuary was conquered by the Aetolians, who were driven out by the Romans in 191 BC. In Roman times, the sanctuary was favoured by some emperors and plundered by others, including Sulla in 86 BC.

Temple of Epicurius Apollo

Temple buit by Ictinus and Kallikrates

Greece, Mycenae Treasury of Atreus Tholos tomb

Photographer:Samuel Magal (samuel@sites-and-photos.com)
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon, is a large tholos tomb on the Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. The lintel stone above the doorway weighs 120 tons, with approximate dimensions 8.3 x 5.2 x 1.2m, the largest in the world. The tomb was used for an unknown period.

Delphi: TEMPLE OF APOLLO

the south-east of the sanctuary of Apollo is the sanctuary of Athena Pronaia. The most important buildings in it are the goddess's two temples, dating from the 5th and 4th c. and the Tholos, which was built about 380 BC.
טיול ליוון ההררית עם דר נעמה וילוזני.
מקדש אפולו בדלפי ; בהדרכת נעמה וילוזני

20 Influential Greek Architecture Examples

Ancient Greek architecture is renowned for its amazing temples. The Hellenic people fo the Mainland #Greece, the Aegean Islands and in colonies in the Asia Minor designed this type of architecture. Buildings and temples built between 900 B.C and 1st century A.D. were distinguished by their highly formal structures and decorations. Public and domestic edifices built at that time were well-known for their columns and lintels. Here is a list of 20 #influential #greek #architecture #examples for you.

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1. Selinunte Temple. Selinunte, Sicily. 550 B.C.
2. Temple of Artemis. Corfu, Greece. 580 B.C.
3. Temple of Hera. Olympia, Greece. 590 B.C.
4. The Erechtheion. Athens, Greece. 421 B.C. – 405 B.C.
5. The Parthenon. Athens, Greece. 447 B.C. – 432 B.C.
6. The Philippeion. Olympia, Greece. 339 B.C.
7. The Temple of Aphaia. Aegina, Greece. 490 B.C.
8. The Temple of Apollo Epicurius. Bassae, Greece. 450 B.C. to 425 B.C.
9. The Temple of Apollo. Corinth, Greece. 540 B.C.
10. The Delian Temple of Apollo. Delos, Greece. 470 B.C.- 300 B.C.
11. The Temple of Apollo. Siracusa, Sicily. 565 B.C.
12. The Temple of Asclepius. Epidauros, Greece. 380 B.C.
13. The Temple of Athena Nike. Athens, Greece. 427 B.C.
14. The Temple of Hephaestus. Athens, Greece. 449 B.C. – 444 B.C.
15.The Temple of Nemesis. Rhamnous, Greece. 436 B.C. – 432 B.C.
16. The Temple of Poseidon. Sounion, Greece. 444 B.C. – 440 B.C.
17. The Temple of the Olympian Zeus. Athens, Greece. 174 B.C. to 132 A.D.
18. The Temple of Zeus. Olympia, Greece. 460 B.C.
19. The Tholos of Athena. Delphi, Greece. 400 B.C.
20. The Tholos of Polykleitos. Epidauros, Greece. 350 B.C.

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