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Delphi
The great oracular shrine of Apollo in Greece, to which Tarquinius sent his sons over the snake-prodigy.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 1 §56 Delphi
The great oracle of Apollo in Greece, consulted by Tarquinius's sons.
- The History of Rome, Book 5 §15 the Delphic oracle
The oracle of Apollo at Delphi in Greece, consulted about the prodigy of the Alban lake.
- The History of Rome, Book 22 §57 Delphi
The Greek sanctuary of Apollo, seat of the most famous oracle.
- The History of Rome, Book 23 §11 returned to Rome from Delphi
Site of Apollo's oracle in Greece, consulted by Rome after Cannae through the envoy Fabius Pictor.
- The History of Rome, Book 28 §45 Delphi
Delphi, the panhellenic sanctuary to which a gift from Hasdrubal's spoils was sent.
- The History of Rome, Book 29 §10 Delphi
The Panhellenic oracle of Apollo in Phocis, to which Rome had sent a gift.
- The History of Rome, Book 36 §9 Phocis
The region of central Greece around Delphi and Parnassus. (Registry: Delphi.)
- The History of Rome, Book 36 §9 Delphi
The Panhellenic sanctuary and oracle of Apollo on the slopes of Parnassus.
- The History of Rome, Book 36 §15 Elatia
A city of Phocis on the road north, where the fleeing Antiochus first halted. (Registry placeholder.)
- The History of Rome, Book 38 §36 Delphi
The Panhellenic sanctuary of Apollo in Phocis, 'the navel of the earth'; sacked by the Gauls in 279 BC.
- The History of Rome, Book 41 §33 Delphi
The Panhellenic oracle of Apollo, to which Perseus's sudden ascent alarmed all Greece.
- The History of Rome, Book 42 §7 Delphi
Site of the famous oracle of Apollo in central Greece and a major Panhellenic sanctuary; here where Marcellus arbitrated.
- The History of Rome, Book 45 §6 at Delphi
The Panhellenic oracle of Apollo, where the attempt on Eumenes's life had been made.
- The History of Rome, Book 45 §26 made for Delphi
The oracle where Paulus claimed for his own statues the pillars Perseus had begun.