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Delphi
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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 sanctuary and temple
sactuary
seperated into two 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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other structures
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