but the oracle at Delphi was the most famous. It was referred to as the navel of the world. So, literally the centre of the ancient universe. People would travel from all over Greece to consult the ...

The mass poisoning of the city of Kirrha, south of Delphi, around 595 BC, stands out in ancient Greece for its chilling scale ...

Ancient Greece Was a Debauched Disney Trip for Romans. THIS IS HOW YOU PARTY IN MYKONOS. ... The Oracle at Delphi, once consulted by kings and emperors on foreign policy, ...

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

Note, there were many sibyls in Ancient Greece. The Cumaean Sibyl was included in the legends of early Rome — there is even a ...

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 ...

Weirder still, these temples aren't located in Greece at all, but on the western coast of Italy, near Naples. Indeed, you could easily add Paestum to a list of underrated Italian tourist destinations.

The beautiful myth of Psyche and Eros, a moving love story, has inspired countless artists all over the world throughout the ...

The Odeon of Herod Atticus recently opened the 70th season of the annual Athens Epidaurus Festival, a cherished annual ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Oracles of Ancient Greece ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 35 No. 3 (July 1876), p. 32 doi:10. ...

Rachel: Act 1, the past: The OG oracles. Music: Ancient Greece, mystery. Clip from Oedipus play: And what is the oracle? So far your words inspire in me no confidence or fear.