Temple of Delphi Tour Greece

When I was there I was wishing desperately that it would stop snowing, I was afraid it would ruin my travel plans. All was well till Lamia. As we proceeded towards Delphi weather started deteriorating and soon there were light snow showers. The entire scene changed when we reached Temple of Delphi Greece. It had rained the previous night and snow removing trucks were on their job. Our road trip route, Lamia to Delphi, was through mountains and temperature had dropped to 2degrees.

Temple of Delphi Greece

Temple of Delphi Greece

It was snowing constantly during our tour of Delphi archeological site. What an experience! Leaves and flowers all under a coat of snow, the buds trying hard to peep out and bloom.

We found a cat there all curled up in snow. It was petted by most tourists there. It seemed quite okay and comfortable walking around the stones of the ruins. The Delphi ruins had a carpet of snow on them. But I was glad it wasn’t raining because we weren’t armed with umbrellas.

Carpet of Snow in Delphi Winters Greece

Resident Cat of Temple of Delphi

Resident Cat of Temple of Delphi

Spending most part of my life in south of India I regard snow as something special. I discovered snow excites me. With layers of inner wear I could hardly feel the cold, so I took out my gloves often to feel the crispiness of snow, tasted and chewed it to find its crunchiness.

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I watched my daughters making tiny snowman, which gave me pure happiness. Both are in their teens, yet they behaved like small kids, running around collecting tiny sticks to make arms and searching for pebbles to make eyes. “Take this, no take that!” their excitement still ringing in my ears.

Till I experience snow again, I don’t know when that will be, I will have to satisfy myself with these old pictures.

Missing the Winter Snow of Greece

A tourist with red jacket managed to add color to the otherwise pale settings.

Temple of Delphi Greece

Delphi Archaeological Site Greece

Temple of Delphi Greece

History of Delphi

Did you know Delphi was once regarded as center of the world?!

Pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi is located at the foot of Mount Parnassos, within the angle formed by the twin rocks of the Phaedriades. The site had the most famous oracle of ancient Greece.

According to mythology, Zeus the god of the sky had sent out two eagles to find the navel of earth. They are believed to have met here at this sanctuary of Delphi. Set within a most spectacular landscape, Delphi was for many centuries the cultural and religious center and symbol of unity for the Hellenic world.

Greek mythology which dates back to prehistoric times, believed the site was sacred to Mother Earth. It was guarded by the terrible serpent Python who was later killed by Apollo, one of the Olympian deities. Cretans who arrived at Kirrha, the port of Delphi, accompanied by the god in the form of a dolphin built Apollo’s sanctuary.

In the eighth century BC, the cult of Apollo was established and the development of the sanctuary and the oracle began. The sanctuary was the center of the Amphictyonic League, an association of twelve tribes of Thessaly (now Thessalony) and Sterea (south-central Greece), that controlled overall functioning of the sanctuary. It designated its priests and other officials chosen from among the inhabitants of Delphi.

In the sixth century BC, it increased its territory and political and religious influence throughout Greece, and reorganized the Pythian Games, the second most important games in Greece after the Olympics, which were held every four years.

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