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places of worship
Delphi
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the local delphians provided the personnel for the oracle such as the Pythia and the priests, and also had some control over the sanctuary and the oracle
the sanctuary was run by the amphictyonic league, a local association of greeks
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the sanctuary
seperated into wo sections, divided by a peribolos wall
the lower part contains a temple to Athena pronoia, Athena as a goddess of foresight, two treasuries, a running track, a gymnasium, and baths
the temple of apollo
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the adyton is where the Pythia would speak to the oracle, it was a forbidden room
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the sacred way
unites a series of buildings, predominantly treasuries and stoas
they were established by city states all over the greek world, demonstrating the Panhellenic nature of Delphi
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the athenians built a monument celebrating their victory over the Persians in 490, but it was overshadowed by a spartan monument built after defeating the athenians at the end of the pelopponesian wars
the serpent column was built by the altar in front of the temple, as a way for the greeks to thank Apollo for his guidance in the Persian wars
the theatre
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originally, there was a pythian festival held every 8 years, where a single contest was held of the singing of a hymn to Apollo, but this was replaced by the pythian games in 582
the stadium
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the majority of the pythian games events took place here, and would've been the same events as other Panhellenic games
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olympia
the temple of zeus
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the east pediment depicts a chariot race between pelops, zeus' grandson, and oinomaos
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the metopes of the temple depict the twelve labours of Heracles, believed to be the founder of the Olympic Games
Phidias' statue of zeus
gold and ivory statue of zeus sat on a throne holding a sceptre with an eagle, and a statue of nike
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treasuries
series of twelve treasuries, votive offerings set up by city states
in front of the treasuries stood a series of bronze statues of zeus, known as the zanes which were paid for by the fines imposed on athletes accused of cheating
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the stadium
the running races, field events and combat events took place here
the athletes finished each race facing the altis, reinforcing the religious aspect of the games
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the athenian acropolis
in the 6th century it was filled with votive offerings to Athena, showing the religious importance
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the parthenon
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both pediments, all sides of the doric frieze, and an added ionic free were sculpted
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the doric friezes are decorated with four mythical battles (gigantomachy, centauromachy, amazonomachy, and the trojan war)
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the pediments depict divine scenes related to the birth of Athena and the contest between Athena and Poseidon for the patronage of Athens
the parthenon did not have a purely religious purpose, as no altar has been identified
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the erechtheion
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dedicated to Erechtheum, the son of Athena and an athenian hero who athenians claimed they were descended from
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used for two ancient rites, the plynteria which was a cleansing festival, and for the panatheneia