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EPIC TOUR TO DELPHI OF DELFI. Towns Levadia, Arachova, Delphi.
A better description than this of an "old" blue guide could not be better in order to talk about Delphi. Opportunity given to us by 4 visitors from Bangladesh. We quickly covered the communication distance Athens - Dhaka, in one body - travel - spirit - and we drove in a few hours to the temple of Pythian Apollo!

"This holly center of the ancient Greek spirit is one of the most impressive places you will ever meet, wherever you travel. Its religious and intellectual radiance was famous throughout the Greek world: he had even reached Central Asia.It is not strange, at least since Homer's time, that the Greeks considered the Delphic sanctuary, where Zeus spoke with the voice of Apollo as the navel of the earth in the Greek-Bavarian kingdom founded by Alexander the Great. Thoughts let's take on the mythical destiny of the Delphic oracle will become even deeper when you look at the marvelous background chosen by the ancient Greeks to build the sanctuary. As you look at it from the road of Arachova hung on the slope of Parnassus, the imposing mountains of Greece, the temple of Apollo gives at the same time the measure of human weakness and its grandeur. Delphi was chosen by the Council of Europe to establish the European Spiritual Center, council the raising of philosophical or political. See Wikipedia.

Stories about the "crime of the young god" for the "liberation of the oracle" for the "organization of the Delphic Force" for the "Amphiction Conference" First International Fundraising "for" Apollo that is ecstatic "for the sacred war" for "the Age of Invasion of the Oracle" for "Orthodoxy's decline" and "Excavations" you should refer to a serious library or click on the Internet to learn more. Do not forget to look at the delphi poet Sikelianos and his wife Eve to see the apotheosis of influence ... because Delphi would like the time a university to understand!

But if Apollo "lived" today what could we say to him?
Here's a little hymn to his honor!

Apollo, lord of the imposing landscape ..
One day you crumbled the space by killing Python.
With a torch on and a well arched ..
From an ultra-high point you reached Krissa .. (*)
Together with ambitious sailors later priests ..
Delphine Apollo, Cretan, purified, shining god ..
New master of the Oracle, Pythian Apollo ..
Oh! Apollo Liberator and Punisher of the Crisis ..
Your price is Pythia with frequent chariot races ..
Your price is the colorful donations of Gigis and Lydia!
Great thanks to the thesaurus of the Athenians.
Your eternal believers and servants are saints, priests and youths.
Free interpreters, virgins and sacred slaves ..
Rectors, ambiguous and sacred administrators ..
Your attention is strong, you guard the treasures.
City-state feeder, rulers, merchants and pilgrims.
Parasites are prey with rapacity, laziness and ..
vanity waxed - that even Aesop thrown into the dark -
To You great Apollo God we believe and worship.
RXR
(Goes on)..

THE ORACLE OF DELPHI (by Anne Rodopoulos)

They have given me the name Phythia that myths tell, the ancient name of Delphi ..

I have stayed and watched the evening sky exhibit a wreath of glittering stars..

a million is too few for to count..

As yet, there is no number given nor exists..

The cool, moist and leaf scented breeze of evening, caresses my face with gentle fingers..

The silvery feminine light of the moon shines and turns the clumps of Emerald moss..

into a vibrant jewel encrusted shawl adorning the ancient rocks who in their welcoming..

hands hold the sacred water of my Kastalia Springs and on these hands a tracery of long

lost, white lichen..

Silvery pure water from the copper lion’s head spout is long gone..

as now this water is directed to the village for what the populace terms practical uses..

It’s history was always practical and spiritual in every sense known..

Do they not know that we are still here and the perfume of Laurel leaves lingers

in the misty shadows where I dwell, amongst the lichen covered rocks and worn steps

so white and pure, of marble, all kissed by the light, Clair de Lune..

I still hear the ancient sounds of music from Apollo's temple below..

Music so pure and in such refined chords and melodies in ancient modes..

Strings vibrate the harmonics of disciplined order for children to learn..

a Hymn is played in homage to Apollo accompanied by the sounds of the stream..

as the priests direct those that seek me to answer them  in wisdom all seeing and knowing..

The heavy sweet perfume of the laurel wreaths adorn the heads of all..

of the mighty and poor as they slowly and reverently appear on the steps..

to reach the Spring’s purity to prepare for the entry to Apollo's realm..

who will speak through my body, as his vessel of knowledge sings clearly in silvery tones..

I am here although hidden by the shifting curtain, mists of another dimension..

It was said that my answers were tainted by gas from fissures of ancient volcanoes..

or from the sap of oleander trees and their smoke, in abundance growing..

in beautiful hues, we know of the mystery and there are no answers..

except can I say we are born of this way and are chosen for purity of soul..

A gift from a God to enter the realm of knowing and seeing beyond simple answers..

I thank you dear Praxias, for we can still see, your heavenly sculptures..

and columns of light although where I sit, in this modern dimension they are not intact for all to see..

To Plutarch, you as my High Priest have betrayed me by discrediting my prophesies..

yes the perfume so sweet as to be from afar was indeed truly part of some gifts from the

Gods and not derived as you say..

These are your words long forgiven now..

“the chamber, where Phythia dwelled..

an expensive perfume, occasionally and fortuitously..

filled the space with a godly sweetness most expensive..

and the breeze sending it forth"..

Would Kings and Noblemen travel afar on arduous journeys..

Anne Margaret Ruth Rodopoulos..

 

 Un excursion to Delfi with friends from Baladesh

February 2018