Temple of Apollo Delphi

Like many mythological Greeks before us, we have pilgrimaged to Delphi. Delphi is where the Temple of Apollo is located and is famed in Greek Mythology for people seeking out the Oracle, Pythia. Pythia was the high priestess of the temple and had the ability to see a person’s fate.

When Greeks felt lost and unsure how to go forward with their lives/quests, they would visit her and seek her advice. She only spoke in riddles and was up the traveler to make sense of her advice and to find their own way.

What remains of the temple itself isn’t as dramatic as the Acropolis but is still quite a site to see. There is an adjacent museum that has taken many of the artifacts for preservation and wound up being one of the better museums.

At one point Stacy peaked out and smiled from behind a statue I was about to take a picture of and got in trouble with the museum staff telling her that it was disrespectful 🤷‍♂️ Guess they are still honoring the gods here, doesn’t make much sense to me.

There was a beautiful amphitheater that could seat 5,000 people as well as a track/arena for the Pythian Games. The Pythian Games were the predecessor to the Olympic Games. The temples/ruins are seemingly always on a hillside making for gorgeous views but also can’t imagine how difficult moving all that marble must have been. Also, the artwork that they made out of the marble is amazing. Gorgeous ruins and a really pretty area.Read more