The TV show Percy Jackson and the Olympians closely follows the plot of the books, including the role of the Oracle of Delphi, who provides riddle-like prophecies to guide the characters on their ...

Dating back to 1400 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered to be ...

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and a haunting cave shrouded in legend and folklore. According to Greek ...

WE are inclined, and not without reason, to regard the story of the Greeks, in spite of their many priceless achievements for mankind, as in a sense tragic, after all. Though some of the Hellenic ...

The site of the ancient Greek sanctuary of the Oracle of Delphi was established on the lower slopes of Mount Parnassus at the beginning of the fourth century B.C. ­– (although some records suggest it ...

Dating back to 1200 BC, the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece, and in theory all Greeks respected its independence. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered to be ...

According to tradition, the oracle at Delphi worked this way: In an underground room in the temple of Apollo, a specially trained woman would sit on a tripod placed over a fissure in the bedrock ...

New science suggests Delphis most famous figure the Oracle may have been influenced not just by gods, but by the mountain beneath her feet.