Timeline of Delphi |
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Chronological Timeline: (following Hoyle) |
Dates |
Events |
1700B.C.- 1400 |
Worship of Gaia at Delphi. |
1200-1100 |
Apollo arrives at Delphi. |
750-700 |
Delphi's fame spreads thoroughout Greece as well as beyond her borders. |
700-600 |
During the colonization age, Delphi becomes the supreme authority on where and when it was favorable to found a colony. |
595 |
First Sacred War |
590-550 |
Period of intense construction. The stadium and twelve treasuries are built. |
548 |
Temple to Apollo burns down. |
448 |
Second Sacred War. |
356 |
The Third Sacred War interrupts Delphi's reconstruction following an earthquake. |
191 |
Romans conquer Greece. Delphi repeatedly sacked. |
48AD-122 |
"Renaissance" of Delphi under Hadrian and other favorable Roman Emporers. |
398 |
Proscription of paganism. Delphi is destroyed. |
1676 |
Delphi rediscovered. |
1892 |
Modern archaeological excavations begin. |
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Mythological Timeline: |
Order |
Events |
1 |
Gaia inhabits Delphi and assumes control of the Oracle. |
2 |
Themis, Gaia's daughter, succeeds her. |
3 |
Phiobe, a Titan and also a daughter of Gaia, becomes the Oracle's third occupant. |
4 |
Apollo founds his first temple at Delphi, and receives the name "Phoibos" as a gift from Phiobe. |
5 |
Apollo slays the Python, as in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. Other versions of the story depict the Python as Gaia's offspring and guardian of her Oracle. |
6 |
In order to cleanse himself, Apollo spends eight years in the service of Admetos, the King of Pherai. |
7 |
Apollo returns to Delphi, the sole master of the Oracle. |
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Sources:
Hoyle, Peter. Delphi. London: Cassell and Company, 1967.
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