In 356BC, the site of the Delphic oracle, hidden in the folds of Mount Parnassus, between the Corycian cave and the Castalian spring, was invaded by the army of neighbouring Phocis and placed under ...
Zeus, the god of the sky, lightning, and thunder, opened his hands and released two eagles, one to go east and the other west. After encircling the world, they met each other at a point that would be ...
Classicist and ancient history scholar Scott (From Democrats to Kings) examines the center of the ancient Greek world, Delphi, which held an important yet fragile cultural position for centuries.