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Caracella,
235

Caristanius Julianus,
214

Carthage,
170
,
179
–
80
,
184
,
190
,
193

Carus,
238
,
239

caryatids,
106
,
106
–
7

Carystus: dedications,
122
,
156

Cassius,
201

Castalian fountain,
13
,
245
,
277
,
292
; location of,
Plate I
; photos of location,
3
; statuary dedications at,
132

Castri,
249
; earthquake damage at,
262
–
63
; before excavation,
259
,
260
; Gell's drawing of,
254
; museum proposed at,
257
; negotiations with residents,
262
–
64
,
266
–
67
,
269
–
70
; relocation and archaeological excavation,
259
–
60
,
267
,
269
–
70

ceramics: Athenian vase painting,
135
; cultural homogeneity and,
77
; as dedications,
66
; depictions of Delphi in,
135
; krater depicting murder of Neoptolemus at Delphi,
125
; lamps found in Corycian cave,
219
; Neolithic shards,
43
; shift from Thessalian to Corinthian style,
45
; Thapsos ware,
47

Chaeroneia: battle of,
155
,
161
–
62
,
165
; as Plutarch's home city,
215
,
216

Chalcis,
56
,
59

Chandler, Richard,
253

Chapel of Gaia,
68

Chapel of St. George,
248

Charila festival,
221

Charioteer of Delphi,
123
,
300
,
Plate
VI
; buried with earthquake rubble,
156
; discovery and excavation of,
272
; location of,
16

chariots: Ammon depicted in,
160
; chariot racing during Pythian games,
124
–
25
; as dedications,
123
,
160
.
See also
Charioteer of Delphi

Charixenus,
176

chasm,
20
,
22
,
23

Chersonesus,
86

Chios,
15
; altar dedication by,
16
,
173
,
176
,
246
,
272
,
276
–
77
,
294
,
332n19
,
333n42
; and promanteia,
173
,
294
; updating of dedications by,
172
–
73

chresmographeion (waiting area),
17

chresmologoi (oracle-tellers or seers),
25

Christianity,
6
,
11
; basilicas at Delphi,
247
–
48
; Christian period artifacts,
248
,
300
; Church on gymnasium site,
292
; and decline of Delphi,
239
–
40
; Julian the Apostate and,
243
; oracles as continuing institution during,
236
,
243
–
44
; and prohibition of paganism,
245
; research on Christian-era Delphi,
372n34
; schism of,
250
; statues of Christian emperors in pagan sanctuary,
242
–
43
; and tolerance of paganism,
243
–
44
; use of pagan motifs or symbols,
247
,
248

Chrysostom Dios,
214

Chyselephantine sculpture,
205
; dedication by Corinth,
88
,
90
,
297
,
Plate V

Cicero,
199
–
200

Clarke, Edward,
253

Claudian,
245

Claudius,
207
; as archon of Delphi,
208
–
9
; correspondence with Delphi,
208
; dedications honoring,
208

Claudius Callippianus, Tib.,
364n31

Claudius Gothicus,
238
,
239

Claudius Leonticus, Cn.,
235

Claudius Marcellus,
175

Clazomenae,
108
,
140

Clearchus,
184

Clearistus of Carystus,
156

Cleisthenes of Athens,
98
–
99

Cleisthenes of Sicyon,
72
,
75
,
82
–
83

Cleisthenes the Alcmaeonid,
109
–
10

Clement of Alexandria,
236

Cleobis and Biton (Argive twins),
67
,
296

Cleomenes of Sparta,
109
,
111
–
12

Cnidian lesche,
128
,
160
,
192
,
Plate II
; houses built on site of,
246

Cnidos,
87
,
97
–
98
,
128
; lesche dedication by,
128
,
160
,
192
,
Plate II
; statue of Dionysus dedicated by,
153
; treasury,
212
,
272

Cobon,
112

coins,
77
,
123
,
199
; Amphictyony and minting of,
159
,
159
,
199

Collier, John,
22
;
Priestess at Delphi
by, Plate IV

colonization,
59
–
63
; Apollo as god of,
63
; community identity and,
322n40
;
founding of Delphi,
38
; oracle and advice on settlement,
86
,
89
,
97
,
111
,
132
–
33
,
140
,
188

columns: Aemilius Paullus dedication,
16
,
190
–
91
,
191
,
196
,
299
; Aetolian two-column style dedications,
178
; Agis of Sparta's dedication,
141
; of Apollo sanctuary, rebuilding,
278
; of Athena sanctuary, rebuilding,
278
,
292
; Athenian omphalos dedication and,
160
,
299
; of Athenian treasury,
113
; caryatid,
106
–
7
; Gelon's tripod,
123
; graffiti inscribed on,
256
; ionic,
224
–
25
; Naxian lion dedication,
87
,
147
; omphalos and tripod dedication,
16
; Plataean serpent dedication,
16
,
121
–
22
,
151
,
240
–
41
,
241
,
295
; Rhodian chariot of Helios dedication,
160
; of running track,
224
–
26

Committee of Antiquaries,
262

community identity: architectural style and,
133
; Attalids and cultural,
177
; colonization and,
322n40
; and cultural homogeneity among the Greeks,
77
; dedications and definition of,
133
,
167
,
177
,
288
,
322n40
,
340n18
; of Delphi,
143
; Hellanes (Greeks) as shared,
120
; pan-Greek interaction at sanctuaries,
76
–
77
; Persian War commemoration and collective “Hellanes,”
121
–
22
; self-definition and,
54
,
59

Constantine the Great,
240
–
41
,
365n44

Constantius Chlorus,
240

construction at Delphi: during Aetolian control of Delphi,
176
; Amphictyony and,
75
,
92
,
94
,
103
,
113
,
146
,
157
,
159
,
162
; and architectural innovation,
342n44
; contracts for,
93
,
95
,
100
; domestic architecture,
45
,
49
,
51
,
64
,
74
; during Domitian's reign,
213
; earliest structure at site,
41
–
42
; financing of,
95
–
96
,
100
,
113
,
156
,
188
,
199
,
235
,
331n18
; after fire of 548,
94
–
98
; legendary,
32
; materials used in,
36
,
87
,
95
,
100
,
102
,
106
,
113
,
224
–
26
,
235
,
246
,
298
(
see also
reuse of materials
under this heading
); rebuilding projects,
94
,
102
–
3
,
146
,
156
,
157
,
159
,
162
,
278
,
292
,
293
,
340n16
; reuse of materials,
102
–
3
,
104
,
246
,
366n2
; during Roman Imperial governance,
236
; stadium,
235
; stone quarries in area,
95
,
235
,
285
; tamiai (treasurers) instituted for oversight,
163
; temple,
87
,
95
,
100
,
113
,
246
; terracing and site engineering,
45
,
92
–
93
,
102
,
156
,
Plate II

consultation of the Pythia: ambiguity of responses,
28
–
30
,
60
,
84
–
85
,
110
,
114
,
117
,
120
–
21
,
134
,
136
,
163
–
64
,
179
,
201
,
210
–
11
,
233
,
314n58
,
328n43
; annual calendar and,
13
; Athenian,
151
,
198
; colonization and,
61
,
63
,
86
,
89
,
97
,
111
,
132
–
33
,
140
,
188
; communication of response to consultant,
19
–
20
,
27
–
28
; decline in,
183
,
204
–
5
,
221
–
22
,
336n19
; exemption from tax,
174
; fabrication or appropriation of,
164
,
168
; “fake” oracles and,
55
,
320n11
; fees for,
16
–
17
,
85
,
141
,
174
,
210
; “forced” prophecy,
20
–
21
,
311n13
; framing of questions for,
26
–
28
,
83
–
84
,
139
,
142
; as male privilege,
17
; orientation of Pythia and consultant,
18
; Plutarch on,
218
; and political deliberation,
26
–
27
,
29
,
54
–
56
; process of,
17
–
20
,
360n46
; promanteia and,
15
; religious contexts of,
24
–
26
; research and authentication of evidence,
55
; Roman,
199
–
201
,
204
–
5
,
210
–
11
,
214
; sacrifice and,
15
,
17
–
21
,
364n33
; “shopping” for favorable responses,
84
,
142
,
316n28
; sources describing,
10
–
11
; Sparta and,
130
–
31
; temple architecture and,
18
; verse responses to,
19
,
27
–
28
,
200
,
218
,
312n26
; via tin inscriptions in sealed jars,
151
–
52

Convert, Henri,
271

Corcyra,
133

Core: sanctuary at Eleusis,
151
–
52

Corinth,
45
–
46
,
47
–
48
,
52
,
56
,
57
,
66
,
70
; Chyselephantine statue dedication by,
328n36
,
Plate
V
; conflict with Sicyon,
325n13
; petition to rename Cypselus's treasury,
108
; Rome and destruction of,
193
; sanctuary at,
165
; treasury of,
66
,
108
,
327n32
,
Plate II

Cornelius Scipion, P. (Scipio Africanus),
350n12

correctors (Roman),
215
,
358n29

correspondence with Delphi: Claudius and,
208
; Domitian and,
212
–
13
; Gallienus and,
208
,
364n37
; Hadrian and,
223
–
24
,
226
; Trajan and,
215

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