Temple of Apollo at Delphi

E356622
ancient Greek temple archaeological site

The Temple of Apollo at Delphi was the central sacred structure of the Delphic sanctuary, famed in antiquity as the seat of the Oracle of Apollo where the Pythia delivered prophetic pronouncements.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Temple of Apollo at Delphi canonical 17
Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek temple ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Doric order ⓘ
associatedDeity Pythian Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Apollo Pythios
associatedWith Amphictyonic League ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Delphic Oracle

Pythian Games ⓘ
Pythian priestess ⓘ
builtOver earlier temples ⓘ
contains adyton of the oracle ⓘ
cult statue of Apollo ⓘ
omphalos stone ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
culturalSignificance panhellenic sanctuary ⓘ
political influence in ancient Greece ⓘ
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
declineCause imperial edicts against pagan cults ⓘ
rise of Christianity ⓘ
dedicatedTo Apollo ⓘ
earlierTempleDestroyedBy earthquake ⓘ
fire ⓘ
excavatedBy French School at Athens ⓘ
function oracular center ⓘ
religious sanctuary ⓘ
governingBody Amphictyonic League ⓘ
surface form: Delphic Amphictyony
hasFeature cella ⓘ
inner adyton ⓘ
opisthodomos ⓘ
peripteral colonnade ⓘ
pronaos ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscription Know thyself ⓘ
Nothing in excess ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
knownFor Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
Pythia ⓘ
locatedIn Delphi ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
mainConstructionPhase late 4th century BCE ⓘ
majorExcavationsStart 1892 ⓘ
material limestone ⓘ
marble ⓘ
mountainRange Mount Parnassus ⓘ
surface form: Parnassus
overlooks Pleistos River valley ⓘ
surface form: valley of the river Pleistos
partOf Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Delphic sanctuary

Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
partOfUNESCOSite UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Archaeological Site of Delphi
period Classical Greece ⓘ
rebuiltAfter earthquake of 373 BCE ⓘ
rebuiltInCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
situatedOn southern slopes of Mount Parnassus ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
UNESCOSiteInscriptionYear 1987 ⓘ
usedUntilCentury 4th century CE ⓘ
visitedBy Greek city-states ⓘ
foreign rulers ⓘ
visitedFor consulting the oracle ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi → hasPart → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Stoa of the Athenians → locatedNear → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Delphi archaeological site → hasPart → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
slaying of Python by Apollo → associatedPlace → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Sacred Way at Delphi → leadsTo → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Sacred Way at Delphi → near → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Crisa → associatedWithSanctuary → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
Delphi theatre → nearbyStructure → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Sacred Wars → hasSacredSite → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Delphic maxim "know thyself" → associatedWithSanctuary → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Cypselus → associatedWith → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Delphic priests → associatedPlace → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Euripides’ play "Ion" → settingLocation → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
subject surface form: Ion (play)
Polygonal Wall at Delphi → associatedWith → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Delphi stadium → situatedAbove → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Altar of the Chians → nearbyMonument → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Pythian Apollo → cultCenter → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
Delphi region → contains → Temple of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ