- viewed from Ancient Delphi. One of the joys of the landscape is the abundance of Mediterranean Cypress trees - Cupressus sempervirens.
The Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia with the Tholos of Delphi may be noted in the middle distance, centrally situated.
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In the fore-temple at Delphi are written maxims useful for the life of men, inscribed by those whom the Greeks say were sages. These were: from Ionia, Thales of Miletus and Bias of Priene; of the Aeolians in Lesbos, Pittacus of Mitylene; of the Dorians in Asia, Cleobulus of Lindus; Solon of Athens and Chilon of Sparta; the seventh sage, according to the list of Plato, the son of Ariston, is not Periander, the son of Cypselus, but Myson of Chenae, a village on Mount Oeta. These sages, then, came to Delphi and dedicated to Apollo the celebrated maxims, “Know thyself,” and “Nothing in excess.” - Pausanias, 10.24.1
www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias10B.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Apollo_(Delphi)
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. . viewed over the Temple of Apollo, as the first large group of the day (students from France) arrives. Delphi was excavated by French archaeologists, and is still popular with groups from that country.
The cliffs are formed from a dark Jurassic limestone which catches the light of the midday sun in a particular way - hence their name.
It is said that those who committed sacrilege against the sanctuary were flung from these cliffs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaedriades
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Built ca. 500BCE.
The Thebans have a treasury built from the spoils of war, and so have the Athenians. Whether the Cnidians built to commemorate a victory or to display their prosperity I do not know, but the Theban treasury was made from the spoils taken at the battle of Leuctra, and the Athenian treasury from those taken from the army that landed with Datis at Marathon.
The Athenians also built a portico out of the spoils they took in their war against the Peloponnesians and their Greek allies. There are also dedicated the figure-heads of ships and bronze shields. The inscription on them enumerates the cities from which the Athenians sent the first-fruits: Elis, Lacedaemon, Sicyon, Megara, Pellene in Achaia, Ambracia, Leucas, and Corinth itself. It also says that from the spoils taken in these sea-battles a sacrifice was offered to Theseus and to Poseidon at the cape called Rhium. - (Pausanias 10.11.5-6)
www.theoi.com/Text/Pausanias10A.html#5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi#Treasuries
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_Treasury
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