← Aion, the time globe

Delphi

Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Apollo on the slope of Mount Parnassus, seat of the Oracle and her priestess the Pythia, consulted before major undertakings across the Greek world; regarded as the omphalos, the 'navel of the world'.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1,500 BCE mainstream
  first Mycenaean settlement source
• 800 BCE mainstream
  sanctuary gains pan-Hellenic religious significance source
• 385 CE mainstream
  oracle closed by decree of Theodosius I source

Where

38.4822° N, 22.5011° E

Sources

• https://www.worldhistory.org/delphi/
• https://www.britannica.com/place/Delphi-ancient-city-Greece
• https://www.history.com/articles/delphi

Open this place on the globe

Each event carries Aion's own evidence grade (mainstream, disputed or speculative). This page repeats what the globe shows for this place.