1500 BCE
The site of Delphi is first settled.
c 800 BCE
Delphi acquires a religious significance.
c 650 BCE
The first temple in honor of Apollo is built.
586 BCE
First athletic games at Delphi.
580 BCE
The twins Kouroi of Argos are sculpted and dedicated at Delphi.
560 BCE
Oracle to King cresus
The oracles of Delphi and Thebes both tell King Croesus of Lydia that if he attacks the Medes, he will destroy a great empire. Seeing this as a good omen, he goes to war, loses, and the Lydian Empire is destroyed.
560 BCE
The sphinx
The islanders of Naxos dedicate a large column and colossal sphinx to the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.
525 BCE
The Siphnian Treasury
The islanders of Siphnos dedicated the tithe of their income from the island's gold mines to Apollo at Delphi. They buided a treasury at Delphi that was the first building made entirely by marble on Mainland Greece. The preserved decorative wealth are unique examples of Ionic architectural sculpture.
510 BCE
The second temple of Apollo
A second temple dedicated to Apollo is constructed at Delphi, replacing the first temple destroyed by a wild fire.
490 BCE
The Treasury of the Athenians
The city of Athens builds a treasury at Delphi following their victory at Marathon against the Persian Empire.
475 BCE
The statue of the Carioteer of Delphi
The statue was discovered in 1896 together with bits and pieces of a chariot, reins, four horses and a groom. Originally it was part of a much larger bronze sculpture erected at Delphi to commemorate a victory in a chariot race in the Pythian Games, though not to celebrate the charioteer, as we might suppose, but the owner of the chariot and the team of four horses.
480 BCE
Persian forces attack the sanctuary of Delphi.
During the Second Persian war, the forces of the Persian Empire attacked the sanctuary of Delphi.
448 BCE
Pericles and the Battle of Delphi
During the Second Sacred War Pericles led the Athenian army against Delphi and reinstated Phocis in its sovereign rights on the oracle.
373 BCE
Destruction of the temple of Apollo
An earthquake destroys the temple of Apollo at Delphi.
330 BCE
the 3rd temple of Apollo
The third temple to Apollo is constructed at Delphi, replacing the earlier temple damaged by earthquake.
279 BCE
the Gaulatinas Gauls attack the sanctuary of Delphi
The troops of Brennus, leader of the army of Galatians attacking Greece, found defeat and death nearby Delphi, confronted by the Aetolians in 279 BC.
191 BCE
Delphi comes under Roman control.
67 CE
Nero at Dlephi
Emperor Nero competes at the Panhellenic Games of Olympia and Delphi.
393 CE
Nero at Dlephi
Emperor Theodosius definitively ends all pagan Games in Greece.
393 CE
the end of the Sanctuary
Last prophecy of the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, after Roman Emperor Theodosius ordered the closure of all "pagan" sanctuaries.
Delphi Archaeological museum (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών) is one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited. It is operated by the Greek Ministry of Culture (Ephorate of Antiquities of Phocis). Founded in 1903, it has been rearranged several times and houses the discoveries made at the Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which date from the Late Helladic (Mycenean) period to the early Byzantine era.
Delphi Archaeological museum (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών) is one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited. It is operated by the Greek Ministry of Culture (Ephorate of Antiquities of Phocis). Founded in 1903, it has been rearranged several times and houses the discoveries made at the Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which date from the Late Helladic (Mycenean) period to the early Byzantine era.
Delphi Archaeological museum (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δελφών) is one of the principal museums of Greece and one of the most visited. It is operated by the Greek Ministry of Culture (Ephorate of Antiquities of Phocis). Founded in 1903, it has been rearranged several times and houses the discoveries made at the Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi, which date from the Late Helladic (Mycenean) period to the early Byzantine era.
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