Central Greece
Phocis
Delphi

Delphic Sibyl

Pythia was the title of the high priestess of the at in central . She served as its oracle and was known as the Oracle of Delphi.
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: channel of divine guidance at the Sanctuary of Pythian Apollo
  • Also known as: “Delphian oracle” and “Delphic Oracle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Delphi and Temple of Apollo.

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The archaeological site of is a UNESCO World Heritage site near the modern village of the same name in , on the southwestern slope of Mount Parnassus, which is part of a mountain range north of the gulf of Corinth.

Ruins
Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as Apollonion, was a major part of the Panhellenic religious sanctuary located in Central Greece at . The temple and sanctuary at large were dedicated to one of the major Greek deities, Apollo, the god of archery, music, light, prophecy, the arts, and healing.

Ruins
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The at was constructed by the to house dedications and votive offerings made by their city and citizens to the sanctuary of Apollo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chrisso and Arachova.

Village
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is a village in Phocis, . The modern village sits north of the ancient town of Crissa, a powerful city-state of ancient Greece which gave its name to the Crissaean plain and the Crissaean Gulf and lies in the southwestern foothills of . is situated 3 km west of Delphic Sibyl.

Village
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is a mountain town and a former municipality in the western part of . Since the 2011 local government reform it is a municipal unit, part of the municipality . is situated 7 km east of Delphic Sibyl.

Village
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is a village in Phocis, . It is part of the municipal unit of , to which it is adjacent. is the point where the Pleistos river meets the Gulf of Iteas, a bay of the . is situated 8 km southwest of Delphic Sibyl.

Delphic Sibyl

Latitude
38.4822° or 38° 28′ 56″ north
Longitude
22.50103° or 22° 30′ 4″ east
Open location code
8GC4FGJ2+VC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3852450697
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­oracle
Wiki­data ID
Q682558
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yiddish—“Delphic Sibyl” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Orakulli i Delfit”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “μαντεῖον ἐν τοῖς Δελφοῖς”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “μαντήιον ἐν Δελφοῖσι”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “μαντήιον τὸ ἐν Δελφοῖσι”
  • Armenian: “Դելփյան պատգամախոս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Delfi orakulu”
  • Basque: “Delfoseko orakulua”
  • Basque: “Delfosko orakulua”
  • Bulgarian: “Делфийски оракул”
  • Catalan: “oracle de Delfos”
  • Catalan: “Oracle de Delfos”
  • Catalan: “oracles de Delfos”
  • Czech: “Delfská věštírna”
  • Czech: “Věštírna v Delfách”
  • Danish: “Delfiske orakel”
  • Danish: “Orakel i Delfi”
  • Danish: “Oraklet i Delfi”
  • Danish: “Oraklet i Delphi”
  • Dutch: “Orakel van Delphi”
  • Esperanto: “Orakolejo de Delfo”
  • Esperanto: “Orakolejo de Delfoso”
  • Esperanto: “Orakolo de Delfo”
  • Estonian: “Delfi oraakel”
  • Finnish: “Delfoin oraakkeli”
  • French: “oracle de Delphes”
  • French: “Oracle de Delphes”
  • French: “oracle delphique”
  • Galician: “Oráculo de Delfos”
  • German: “Orakel von Delphi”
  • German: “Orakel zu Delphi”
  • Greek: “Μαντείο Δελφών”
  • Greek: “Μαντείο των Δελφών”
  • Hebrew: “האורקל מדלפי”
  • Hungarian: “Delphoi Szibülla”
  • Ido: “Oraklo di Delfi”
  • Indonesian: “Orakel Delfi”
  • Italian: “oracolo delfico”
  • Italian: “oracolo di Apollo”
  • Italian: “oracolo di Delfi”
  • Italian: “Oracolo di Delfi”
  • Japanese: “デルフィの神託”
  • Japanese: “デルフォイの神託”
  • Latin: “Delphicum oraculum”
  • Luxembourgish: “Orakel vun Delphi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Orakelet i Delfi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oraklet i Delfi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orakelet i Delfi”
  • Norwegian: “Oraklet i Delfi”
  • Persian: “اوراکل دلفی”
  • Persian: “پیش‌نویس:اوراکل دلفی”
  • Polish: “Wyrocznia delficka”
  • Polish: “Wyrocznia w Delfach”
  • Portuguese: “Oráculo de Delfos”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de delphos”
  • Romanian: “Oracolul din Delphi”
  • Romanian: “Sibyla Delfică”
  • Russian: “Дельфийский оракул”
  • Slovak: “Delfská veštiareň”
  • Slovenian: “delfski orakelj”
  • Slovenian: “delfsko preročišče”
  • Spanish: “oraculo de Delfos”
  • Spanish: “oráculo de Delfos”
  • Spanish: “Oráculo de Delfos”
  • Spanish: “oraculo de Delphos”
  • Spanish: “oráculo de Delphos”
  • Spanish: “oraculo delfico”
  • Spanish: “oraculo délfico”
  • Spanish: “oráculo delfico”
  • Spanish: “oráculo délfico”
  • Swedish: “Oraklet i Delfi”
  • Swiss German: “S Orakel vo Delfi”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Orakel von Delphi”
  • Turkish: “Delfi kâhinleri”
  • Ukrainian: “Дельфійська сивіла”
  • Ukrainian: “Дельфійський оракул”
  • Welsh: “Oracl Delffi”
  • Yiddish: “אראקאל פון דעלפי”
  • Yiddish: “אראקל פון דעלפי”
  • Yiddish: “אראקעל פון דעלפי”
  • “Oracole de Delfi”

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