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Greece Travelogue 3 / Tourist Spots in Greece / Delphi

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Delphi was the center of the world around 800 to 600 BC!
It is quite high up in the mountains, but people from countries along the Mediterranean coast visited, donated treasures, and sought oracles.
Oracles were super important back then! Everything from politics to war was decided by oracles!
The sphinx in the photo above (located in the Archaeological Museum of Delphi) was also a gift from an island called Naxos.
Across the sea! Over the mountains! Something this huge!? (It is over 2 meters tall)
And it was looking down on people from atop a 10-meter pillar!?
No wonder ancient people who saw it thought, 'Wow!!' and 'The center of the world is amazing!!'
Oracles were heard from the mouths of priestesses who had entered a trance state by inhaling volcanic fumes.
Smoke still rises from the mountainside today, but there is also a theory that they used incense. There is even a tool in the museum described as 'used to inhale smoke with this'.
In the movie '300', they received oracles, and the model for that was this Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
By the way, Apollo is the sun god and a very handsome god, so the evil god setting in '300' is a complete fabrication.


This aesthetic beauty in the 7th century BC


One can see the similarity to Gandhara art. Buddhism, which originally had no idol worship, began creating Buddha statues under the influence of Greek statues. The influence is incredible.


The famous Charioteer statue. The eyes are made of stone and sparkle. It is cool how he is calmly controlling a wild chariot (which is lost)!



Despite the Temple of Apollo being located in such a rocky mountain, people came from across the sea. The center of the world. You can see smoke rising in the upper right.
It cannot be reproduced with current technology. A wall made by fitting rocks together perfectly.


The temple is said to have also played a role in 'healing.' Various performing arts were held here.


It really is in the mountains. How did ancient people get all the way here?
The town of Delphi is small and cute

The town of Delphi where the Temple of Apollo is located.
It seems the town was moved along with its residents because the temple was discovered.
Since it is a town for temple tourism, it is a small town with many souvenir shops, cafes, and hotels.
There are day tours from Athens to Delphi, but it also seems nice to stay for a while.
Are the prices of souvenirs like accessories about one-third of those in Athens?
There is a wide variety, so I recommend buying expensive items like accessories and figurines in this town!


From the hills of Delphi. I couldn't see the sunrise, but the morning glow is beautiful.

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