The name ''Delphi'' is pronounced, in the English manner, as "Delf-eye" or in the Greek manner, as "Delfee" depending on regional accent. The Greek spelling transliterates as "Delphoi" (with "o" added). and [[Ancient Greek dialects|dialectal]] forms '''Belphoi''' - [[Aeolic Greek|Aeolian]] form, '''Dalphoi''' - [[Phocian]] form and [http://www.travel-to-delphi.com/page.php?id=3&back=delphi.php other Greek dialectal varieties]) is an [[archaeology|archaeological]] site and a modern town in [[Greece]] on the south-western spur of [[Mount Parnassus]] in the valley of [[Phocis]]. Delphi was the site of the [[Pythia|Delphic oracle]], most important [[oracle]] in the classical Greek world, and it was a major site for the worship of the god [[Apollo]]. His sacred precinct in Delphi was a Panhellenic sanctuary, where every four years athletes from all over the Greek world competed in the [[Pythian Games]]. | The name ''Delphi'' is pronounced, in the English manner, as "Delf-eye" or in the Greek manner, as "Delfee" depending on regional accent. The Greek spelling transliterates as "Delphoi" (with "o" added). and [[Ancient Greek dialects|dialectal]] forms '''Belphoi''' - [[Aeolic Greek|Aeolian]] form, '''Dalphoi''' - [[Phocian]] form and [http://www.travel-to-delphi.com/page.php?id=3&back=delphi.php other Greek dialectal varieties]) is an [[archaeology|archaeological]] site and a modern town in [[Greece]] on the south-western spur of [[Mount Parnassus]] in the valley of [[Phocis]]. Delphi was the site of the [[Pythia|Delphic oracle]], most important [[oracle]] in the classical Greek world, and it was a major site for the worship of the god [[Apollo]]. His sacred precinct in Delphi was a Panhellenic sanctuary, where every four years athletes from all over the Greek world competed in the [[Pythian Games]]. |