The Oracle of Delphi was the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god Apollo. Built around a sacred spring, Delphi was considered to be the ...

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and ...

Perhaps the most famous oracle given at Delphi was the one give to the philosopher Socrates, as a young man, years before the poor stonecutter earned fame as a philosopher.

Socrates himself received a vexing pronouncement from the Oracle when a friend of his asked the mystic source at Delphi if anyone was wiser than Socrates. The answer: “No man is wiser.” ...

The Oracle at Delphi was famous in its day, and everyone from rulers to common people to entire cities would come to the priestess with offers for her prophesies, which were usually cryptic. The ...

Apollo, or, the Oracle of Delphi Broadway in 1891 - Apollo, or, the Oracle of Delphi Balanchine regarded Apollo as his artistic coming of age. He said that through the creation of this work, he ...

On Saturday, Delphi, the giant auto-parts company, filed for bankruptcy, kicking off what is sure to be one of the great cram-downs in American history. In a series of interviews with the New York ...