Panhellenic cult of Apollo

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ancient Greek religious cult panhellenic cult

The Panhellenic cult of Apollo was a widespread ancient Greek religious tradition centered on the worship of Apollo as a unifying deity of all Greek city-states, especially prominent at panhellenic sanctuaries like Delphi.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Apollonian cult at Delphi 1
Delphic cult of Apollo 1
Pythian cult of Apollo 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek religious cult ⓘ
panhellenic cult ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Greek ethnic identity ⓘ
archery ⓘ
colonization ⓘ
healing ⓘ
inter-polis diplomacy ⓘ
law ⓘ
light ⓘ
music ⓘ
oracular consultation ⓘ
order ⓘ
panhellenism ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
purification ⓘ
sacred truces ⓘ
associatedWithSanctuary Clarion ⓘ
Delos ⓘ
Delphi ⓘ
Didyma ⓘ
Thermon ⓘ
cultCenter Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi ⓘ
surface form: Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi
cultTitleOfDeity Apollo Alexikakos ⓘ
Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Apollo Delios

Apollo Karneios ⓘ
Apollo Loxias ⓘ
surface form: Apollo Lykios

Apollo Nomios ⓘ
Apollo Paean ⓘ
surface form: Apollo Pythios
functionInSociety coordinating panhellenic festivals ⓘ
legitimizing political decisions through oracles ⓘ
mediating interstate disputes ⓘ
geographicScope Aegean islands ⓘ
Asia Minor Greek cities ⓘ
Greek mainland ⓘ
Magna Graecia ⓘ
linkedToInstitution Oracle of Apollo ⓘ
surface form: Delphic Oracle

Pythian Games ⓘ
linkedToPoliticalBody Amphictyonic League ⓘ
surface form: Amphictyonic League at Delphi
mainDeity Apollo ⓘ
religiousTraditionOf Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: ancient Greece
ritualPractice animal sacrifice ⓘ
choral performance ⓘ
hymn singing ⓘ
processions ⓘ
votive offerings ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
unifyingFunctionFor Greek city-states ⓘ
worshipType athletic worship ⓘ
musical worship ⓘ
oracular worship ⓘ
sacrificial ritual ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Mount Parnassus → associatedWith → Panhellenic cult of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pythian cult of Apollo
Sacred Way → culturalContext → Panhellenic cult of Apollo ⓘ
subject surface form: Sacred Way (Delphi)
slaying of Python by Apollo → relatedCult → Panhellenic cult of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apollonian cult at Delphi
Pythian Games → religiousContext → Panhellenic cult of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: cult of Apollo at Delphi
Castalia → worshipContext → Panhellenic cult of Apollo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Delphic cult of Apollo