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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]].

Delphi was revered throughout the Greek world as the site of the ''[[omphalos]]'' stone, the centre of the [[earth]] and the universe. In the inner ''hestia'' ("hearth") of the Temple of Apollo, an [[eternal flame]] burned. After the [[battle of Plataea]], the Greek cities extinguished their fires and brought new fire from the hearth of Greece, at Delphi; in the foundation stories of several Greek colonies, the founding colonists were first dedicated at Delphi.<ref>Burkert 1985, pp. 61, 84.</ref>

Delphi was revered throughout the Greek world as the site of the ''[[omphalos]]'' stone, the centre of the [[earth]] and the universe. In the inner ''hestia'' ("hearth") of the Temple of Apollo, an [[eternal flame]] burned. After the [[battle of Plataea]], the Greek cities extinguished their fires and brought new fire from the hearth of Greece, at Delphi; in the foundation stories of several Greek colonies, the founding colonists were first dedicated at Delphi. Burkert 1985, pp. 61, 84.

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