Greek thesaurus

 

The archaeological area of Delphi
• The Temple of Apollo
• Delphi treasuries
• The Oracle of Delphi
• The Pythia Games
• The Delphi theatre
• The Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia - Delphi Tholos
• The Kastalia spring
• The sacred way
• The Sibyl rock
• The stoa of the Athenians
• The altar of the Chians
• The pillar of Prusias
• The polygonall wall
Museum
• Delphi museum photos

 

 

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Archaeological Areas
• The Acropolis of Athens
• Ancient Olympia the sanctuary
• The Archaeological area of Delphi
• The Archaeological area of Eleusis
Social life and activities in ancient Greece
• The Olympic Games
• The Eleusinian Mysteries
Historical periods and civilizations
• Neolithic Period
• Cycladic civilization
• Minoan civilization
• Mycenaean civilization
• Geometric period
• Classical period
• Hellenistic period
• Roman period
• Byzantine period
Interesting
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                                               The Kastalia spring
 
The Kastalia spring

 

Kastalia is the famous Delphi spring where the water flows even today in the deep ravine between
Phaedriades. Played important role in the divinatory process since Pythia washed hersel there, the
priests and "theopropoi" in order to clean themselves before they go down in the adyton (sanctum). Today are saved the ruins of two phases of the spring building, that collected the water in a rectangular basin and channelled it afterwards with taps to the pilgrims of the sanctuary. Next to the road we see the archaic spring, built in the beginning of 6th cent B.C. , while 50m. more highly we see the spring of the hellenistic and roman years where the basin and its facade have been sculptured on the rock.

 



 

 

   

 

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