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Articles

• Astronomy and ancient Greek cult : an application of archaeoastronomy to Greek religious architecture, cosmologies and landscapes

  This thesis examines the relationship between ancient Greek religion, cult practice, sanctuary buildings and astronomy. Its geographical range extends across the modern territory of Greece; chronologically it covers the thirteenth to second centuries BC, from a period before the development of self-standing...

• The Pythia – Priestess of Ancient Delphi

  The imposing archaeological site of Delphi sits over 1800 feet up on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus, about 6 miles inland from the Corinthian Gulf, central Greece. The ancient temple complex of Delphi, which dates back at least 2700 years, was known throughout ancient Greece and beyond...

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Delphi Books

• Ancient Greece: The Famous Monuments Past and Present G. Behor Oxford University Press, USA (06 January 2000) Currently unavailable

• Portrait of a Priestess: Women and Ritual in Ancient Greece Joan Breton Connelly Princeton University Press (05 February 2007) Price: $35.40

• The Oracle: Ancient Delphi and the Science Behind Its Lost Secrets William J. Broad Penguin (Non-Classics) (30 January 2007) Price: $15.26

• 100 Prophecies of the Delphic Oracle: Prophetic Advice from the God Apollo... Myron Stagman City-State Press (27 April 2001) Price: $12.95

• Plutarch: Moralia, Volume V, Isis and Osiris. The E at Delphi. The Oracles... Plutarch Loeb Classical Library (01 January 1936) Price: $21.00