The most revered shrine of the Ancient World was the temple of Phoebus Apollo at Delphi, where the oracle was uttered by the Pythian Priestess. |
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The tripod is the symbol of Pythian Apollo whose cult lay at the root of the tenets of Pythagorean philosophical beliefs. |
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Socrates, that wisest of men, if we may accept the judgement of the Pythian oracle, not only approved of dancing, but made a careful study of it. |
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This would provide a terminus ante quem, but, again, we cannot date the essay on The Pythian Oracles with certainty. |
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In the 6th century, the Pythian games were established as a Panhellenic festival. |
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He encourages the reader to wonder who was the Pythian priestess who interpreted the Delphic oracle, vent or dummy, spirit or medium? |
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Thus, the Homeric Hymns to Demeter, a goddess of agriculture, and to the Delian and Pythian Apollo describe how these deities came to be associated with sites at Eleusis, Delos, and Delphi, respectively. |
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Michelle is the SQL Server Team Lead at www. Pythian.com. With over 22 years in IT, Michelle has worked as a developer, business analyst and database consultant, exclusively with SQL Server environments in the past 12 years. |
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The Games were part of a cycle known as the Panhellenic Games, which included the Pythian Games, the Nemean Games, and the Isthmian Games. |
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As for what this letter says, in my opinion not even the Pythian god could make sense of it. |
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The building, which was later used for many years as a branch of Manhattan Community College, was finally fenestrated during a 1982 renovation, to turn it into the Pythian Condominiums. |
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