Oracle of Apollo

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ancient Greek religious institution oracular sanctuary prophetic sanctuary

The Oracle of Apollo at Delphi was an ancient Greek prophetic sanctuary where a priestess, the Pythia, delivered divinely inspired oracles that guided individuals and city-states on critical religious and political decisions.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 0
Delphic oracle 10
Oracle of Delphi 8

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek religious institution ⓘ
oracular sanctuary ⓘ
prophetic sanctuary ⓘ
associatedWithDeityAspect Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Apollo Pythios
associatedWithMyth slaying of Python by Apollo ⓘ
associatedWithSite Castalian Spring ⓘ
Sacred Way at Delphi ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi
consultationMethod questions posed to Pythia ⓘ
responses delivered in inspired trance ⓘ
consultedBy Greek city-states ⓘ
foreign rulers ⓘ
individuals ⓘ
controlledBy Amphictyonic League ⓘ
culturalRole center of Greek religious life ⓘ
symbol of pan-Hellenic identity ⓘ
declineCause rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apollo ⓘ
floruitCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
heritageStatus Delphi archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Delphi archaeological site)
influencedDecisionOn colonization ⓘ
legislation ⓘ
religious reforms ⓘ
war ⓘ
languageOfOracles Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Delphi ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
modernCountry Greece ⓘ
oraclesCharacter often ambiguous ⓘ
often poetic ⓘ
periodOfUse Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
politicalRole pan-Hellenic authority ⓘ
priestessTitle Pythia ⓘ
primaryFunction divination ⓘ
guidance on political decisions ⓘ
guidance on religious decisions ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ritualSpecialist Pythia ⓘ
priests of Apollo ⓘ
servedBy Pythia ⓘ
situatedOn slope of Mount Parnassus ⓘ
suppressedUnder Theodosius I ⓘ
surface form: Roman emperor Theodosius I

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Pythian Apollo
Apollo slaying Python → associatedSanctuary → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oracle of Delphi
Amphictyonic League → associatedSite → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Oracle
Battus I of Cyrene → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oracle of Delphi
Castalian Spring → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Oracle
Delphi archaeological site → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic Oracle
First Sacred War → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pythian oracle
Gymnasium of Delphi → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oracle of Delphi
Spartan king Pleistoanax → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
subject surface form: Pleistoanax
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
Pythia → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oracle of Delphi
Sacred Way → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
subject surface form: Sacred Way (Delphi)
this entity surface form: Delphic Oracle
Sacred Way at Delphi → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
Sibyl Rock → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
Temple of Apollo → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
subject surface form: Temple of Apollo at Delphi
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
Theatre of Delphi → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
slope of Mount Parnassus → associatedWith → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oracle of Delphi
Phocis → contains → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oracle of Delphi
Delphi → famousFor → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
Delphi → famousFor → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pythia
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi → famousFor → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: oracle of Apollo
Ancient Greek religion → hasOracularCenter → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oracle of Delphi
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi → hasPart → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
this entity surface form: Delphic Oracle
Castalia → linkedToOracle → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
Dodona → olderThan → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oracle of Delphi
Delphi Archaeological Museum → primaryTheme → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle
Pythia → role → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: oracle of Apollo
Apollo Loxias → worshipContext → Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic oracle