Delphi

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UNESCO World Heritage Site ancient Greek sanctuary archaeological site

Delphi is an ancient Greek sanctuary and archaeological site famed for the Oracle of Apollo and its central role in classical Greek religion and culture.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
DELPHI 1
Delphi Oracle 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient Greek sanctuary ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Apollo ⓘ
Dionysus ⓘ
Gaia ⓘ
Themis ⓘ
controlledBy Amphictyonic League ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culture classical Greek culture ⓘ
declineCause rise of Christianity ⓘ
declinePeriod Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman Imperial period
dedicatedTo Apollo ⓘ
famousFor Charioteer of Delphi ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Pythia

navel of the world omphalos stone ⓘ
function oracular center ⓘ
panhellenic sanctuary ⓘ
site of major athletic festivals ⓘ
hasPart Castalian Spring ⓘ
Delphi Archaeological Museum ⓘ
Gymnasium of Delphi ⓘ
Polygonal Wall ⓘ
Roman Agora of Delphi ⓘ
Sacred Way ⓘ
Tholos of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia

Sibyl Rock ⓘ
Stadium of Delphi ⓘ
Temple of Apollo ⓘ
Theatre of Delphi ⓘ
Tholos of Delphi ⓘ
Treasury of the Athenians ⓘ
hosted Pythian Games ⓘ
inscribedOnUNESCOListIn 1987 ⓘ
involvedIn First Sacred War ⓘ
Fourth Sacred War ⓘ
Second Sacred War ⓘ
Third Sacred War ⓘ
locatedIn Phocis ⓘ
locatedOn slope of Mount Parnassus ⓘ
modernSettlementNearby modern town of Delphi ⓘ
mythologicalStatus center of the world in Greek myth ⓘ
oracleCeasedBy late 4th century CE ⓘ
overlooks valley of the river Pleistos ⓘ
peakPeriod 5th century BCE ⓘ
6th century BCE ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
tourism major archaeological tourist destination in Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (68)

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

Fourth Sacred War → location → Delphi ⓘ
Third Sacred War → location → Delphi ⓘ
Pythian Games → mainVenue → Delphi ⓘ
Parnassus valley → near → Delphi ⓘ
subject surface form: Serpent Column
Ion → raisedAt → Delphi ⓘ
Python → slainAt → Delphi ⓘ
Castalia → veneratedAt → Delphi ⓘ
Apollo → worshipCultCenter → Delphi ⓘ
Gaia → worshipPlace → Delphi ⓘ
Ion → worshippedAt → Delphi ⓘ
Athena → worshippedIn → Delphi ⓘ