Temple of Apollo

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The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sanctuary of the Delphic oracle in ancient Greece, renowned as a major religious and cultural center dedicated to the god Apollo.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek temple
religious sanctuary
architecturalStyle Doric order
associatedWith Amphictyonic League
Delphic oracle
Pythia
Pythian Games
prophecy
builtOn terrace
centralFunction cultural center of ancient Greece
housing the Delphic oracle
religious worship of Apollo
coordinateRegion Central Greece
country Greece
currentCondition ruins
dedicatedTo Apollo
destroyedBy earthquake
fire
functionedAs pan-Hellenic consultation center
hasFeature adyton
cella
colonnade
omphalos stone
opisthodomos
pronaos
statues and votive offerings
tripod of Apollo
hasInscription Know thyself
Nothing in excess
Surety brings ruin
historicalPeriod Archaic Greece
Classical Greece
locatedIn Delphi
Greece
Phocis
materialUsed limestone
marble
overlooks Mount Parnassus slopes
valley of the Pleistos River
partOf Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
patronOfReconstruction Amphictyonic League
rebuiltIn 4th century BCE
religion ancient Greek religion
touristAttraction yes
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf Archaeological Site of Delphi
visitedBy Greek city-states envoys
foreign rulers

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Roman Agora of Delphi ("sanctuary of Apollo")
adjacentTo
Delphi
hasPart
Apollo ("Temple of Apollo on Delos")
mainSanctuary
Gymnasium of Delphi ("sanctuary of Apollo")
religiousContext

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