Authors: Michael Scott
Dolonchi of the Chersonesus,
99
dolphins,
32
Domitian, emperor of Rome,
211
â
12
; dedication honoring,
213
; and traditional religious observances,
212
â
13
Dragoumis, Stephanos,
265
Dropion of Paeonia,
174
Drusilla,
207
earthquakes,
295
; and collapse of walls,
145
,
177
; and disruption of oracle,
145
,
147
,
242
â
43
; mudslide over “big dig” excavation,
277
; protection of site from,
283
; reconstruction after,
148
; and relocation of Castri residents,
262
â
63
; structures and dedications damaged by,
156
,
212
Echecrates of Thessaly,
13
economics: archaeology as international business,
265
â
66
; costs of reconstruction after fire,
95
â
96
; currency,
77
,
159
,
159
,
199
; Delphi as cultural rather than financial power,
206
; Delphi as resource poor site,
38
; donations and support of Delphi,
156
,
192
; evidence of economic crisis in Greece,
148
; fees or price of oracle consultation,
16
â
17
,
85
,
141
,
174
,
210
; festivals and,
188
; oracle as business,
33
,
70
,
85
,
96
â
97
,
143
,
187
,
360n46
(
see also
fees or price of oracle consultation
under this heading
); purchase of offering goods,
16
â
18
; Pythian games as enterprise,
236
â
37
; Roman financial administrators at Delphi,
215
; and secular habitation of Delphi,
143
; of slavery and manumissions,
355n58
,
355n59
; tax to consult oracle,
85
; trade,
46
â
48
,
52
â
53
,
68
Egypt,
173
,
176
; control of Greek territories by,
184
; support of Delphi by,
96
Elatea,
161
Eleusis,
161
Elgin,
256
Elis,
140
“E” (mysterious inscription),
203
â
4
,
217
â
18
entryways into sacred space,
66
,
103
,
242
,
246
,
294
,
347n28
Ephialtes,
120
Epidamnus,
133
Epidaurus,
165
epimeletai (overseers),
183
,
203
,
207
,
356n1
; Delphians as,
213
Epirus,
173
; dedications by,
175
,
177
Eponymous,
178
Euboea: pottery from,
53
Euchidas of Palatea,
119
Eudamus of Nicopolis,
207
Eudocus,
188
Eumenes II of Pergamon,
185
â
86
; dedication at Delphi,
188
; monument erected honoring,
192
; Perseus and attempted murder of,
189
; relationship with Delphi,
187
â
88
; as Roman ally,
192
; statue of, location,
16
Eumenides
(Aeschylus),
15
Eurylochus,
72
Eurymedon,
128
Evans, Arthur,
43
Evans-Pritchard, Edward,
26
exegetai pythochrestoi (interpreters of sacred law and ritual),
81
feathers and beeswax, temple of,
36
festivals at Delphi,
152
,
351n18
; 20th century revival of,
277
; adjustments to Delphic festival calendar,
173
; Alcesippeia,
188
,
220
; Athenian Pythaïs,
194
â
95
,
204
,
299
; Attaleia,
192
,
220
; Charila,
221
; Dodekais,
204
,
212
â
13
; Eumeneia,
192
,
220
; Herois,
221
; monthly,
220
; Plutarch on religious calendar,
219
â
20
; and reputation of Delphi,
287
; Romaia,
187
,
220
,
350n14
; Sebasta,
220
; Septerion,
221
; Soteria,
173
,
175
â
76
,
220
,
348n41
,
354n52
; Theoxenia,
220
.
See also
Pythian games
fire: Athenian Pythaïs festival and,
194
; Delphi as hearth of Greece,
119
â
20
,
122
; at Delphi extinguished by northern tribes,
199
; and destruction at Delphi,
51
,
64
,
90
,
93
â
94
; reconstruction after fire of 548,
94
â
98
; sacred hearth in Delphi,
15
,
17
,
19
,
194
,
312n26
First Macedonian War,
180
First Punic War,
175
First Sacred War,
71
â
74
; Amphictyony and,
144
â
45
; literary tradition and,
160
Flavius Aristotimus, T.,
224
Flavius Constantius,
242
“forced” prophecy,
20
â
21
,
311n13
“fortune telling,”
30
Fountain spring,
262
fraud, oracle as,
22
â
23
,
27
â
28
French School in Athens,
262
,
263
,
264
,
266
,
267
,
269
,
275
,
277
,
369n37
,
372n34
Fulvius Nobilior, M.,
187
Gaia,
33
â
35
,
39
,
41
,
44
,
87
,
104
,
132
,
295
; “Chapel of Gaia,”
68
; Delphi as cult site,
102
,
132
,
295
; Demeter, sanctuaries dedicated to,
77
â
78
Galba,
210
Galen,
232
games.
See
athletic competitions
Gauls, invasion of,
170
â
71
,
346n25
Gell, William,
253
,
255
; drawing of Castri by,
254
Gellius Menogenes, L.,
240
Gelon of Gela,
114
,
116
,
122
â
23
; dedications by,
151
geography of Delphi: aerial views,
2
,
3
; earthquakes,
145
,
156
,
170
,
212
,
242
â
44
,
262
,
340n15
; and explanations for inspiration of the Pythia,
23
â
24
,
242
â
43
,
284
; and isolation of Delphi,
38
,
143
; map of Delphi and immediate surroundings,
xvi
;
pine trees planted,
277
; research on,
373n36
; rock falls,
275
,
283
,
292
,
Plate VIII
.
See also
earthquakes
George I, King of Greece,
262
Gephyraei,
202
German Archaeological Institute,
261
Germany: attack on Delphi during W.W.II,
282
Giantomachy (Siphnian treasury),
107
,
298
Giantomachy (Temple of Apollo),
102
Glaucus,
85
goats, sacrifice of,
15
,
20
â
21
gods worshipped at Delphi,
2
,
103
â
4
,
287
.
See also
Specific gods
gold: Alexander I of Macedon, golden statue of,
122
,
151
; Croesus and dedications of,
83
â
84
,
93
,
151
; “E,”
204
,
217
; lion,
84
,
93
,
151
; mines of Siphnos,
105
â
6
; on palm tree dedications,
121
,
128
,
137
; Perseus, golden statue planned by,
190
; tripod of Plataean serpent column,
121
,
151
,
228
; vessels as dedications,
84
,
175
; vessels used in oracle consultation,
151
â
52
Gorgias of Sicily,
142
Gortyn,
214
grammarian, dedication honoring,
214
Great Rhetra (Spartan constitution),
56
Greco-Turkish War,
272
Greek Archaeological Society,
258
,
261
â
62
,
263
,
264
; administration of Delphi site,
275
Greek Civil War (1947â49),
282
Guide de Delphes,
291
Guys, Pierre Augustin,
257
gymnasium,
157
â
59
,
292
; baths, library, and dining room constructed,
213
â
14
; Christian church constructed on site,
292
; construction on site of,
245
â
46
; graffiti inscribed on columns,
256
; location of,
Plate I
; reconstruction illustrating,
158
; running track,
213
,
224
â
25
Hadrian,
215
,
299
; consultation of the oracle by,
224
; and cult of Antinous Propylaius,
104
,
224
; and Delphi,
222
,
223
â
28
; and government of Delphi by damiourgoi,
226
,
239
â
40
; Panhellenion,
227
â
28
,
234
; statue of,
223
â
24
,
242
Hale, first name,
284
Hamilton, Gavin,
252
Hamilton, George, Earl of Aberdeen,
255
Hamilton, William,
255
Helios, Rhodian statue of, location,
16
,
160
Helladic periods,
43
Heracles,
74
,
104
,
108
,
113
,
298
â
99
,
316n27
,
320n8
Herculaneum,
252
Hermes: cult practices at Delphi,
154
Herodes Atticus,
229
â
30
,
231
,
235
,
362n18
Herodotus,
18
,
26
â
27
,
56
,
58
,
60
â
61
,
63
; on Alcmaeonids,
98
; on construction of temple,
100
; consultations mentioned in,
85
; on dedications,
87
â
88
; on fire of 548
BC
,
94
; on Peisistratids,
99
; on Persian Invasion,
116
; on Siphnians,
105
â
6
,
108
heroes: at battle of Marathon,
129
; Delphi and identification of,
179
; Delphi as worship site for,
104
,
110
,
125
â
26
; ghostly warriors,
112
,
116
; tribal heroes of Athens selected by Delphic oracle,
113
Herois festival,
221