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==Dedication to Apollo==
==Dedication to Apollo==
The name ''Delphoi'' is connected with δελφ ''delph'' "hollow" or δελφός ''delphus'' "womb" and may indicate archaic veneration of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], Grandmother [[Earth]], and the [[Earth Goddess]] at the site. Apollo is connected with the site by his [[epithet]] Δελφίνιος ''Delphinios'', "the Delphinian", i.e. either "the one of Delphi", or "the one of the womb". The epithet is connected with [[dolphin]]s (the "womb-fish") in the [[Homeric hymns|Homeric ''Hymn to Apollo'']] (line 400), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying [[Crete|Cretan]] priests on his back. The [[Homer]]ic name of the oracle is ''Pytho'' (''Πυθώ''). [[Odyssey]], VIII, 80
The name ''Delphoi'' is connected with δελφ ''delph'' "hollow" or δελφός ''delphus'' "womb" and may indicate archaic veneration of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], Grandmother [[Earth]], and the [[Earth Goddess]] at the site. Apollo is connected with the site by his [[epithet]] Δελφίνιος ''Delphinios'', "the Delphinian", i.e. either "the one of Delphi", or "the one of the womb". The epithet is connected with [[dolphin]]s (the "womb-fish") in the [[Homeric hymns|Homeric ''Hymn to Apollo'']] (line 400), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying [[Crete|Cretan]] priests on his back. The [[Homer]]ic name of the oracle is ''Pytho'' (''Πυθώ''). [[Odyssey]], VIII
Another legend held that Apollo walked to Delphi from the north and stopped at [[Vale of Tempe|Tempe]], a city in [[Thessaly]] to pick laurel, a plant sacred to him (generally known in English as the bay tree). In commemoration of this legend, the winners at the [[Pythian Games]] received a wreath of laurel (bay leaves) picked in Tempe.
Another legend held that Apollo walked to Delphi from the north and stopped at [[Vale of Tempe|Tempe]], a city in [[Thessaly]] to pick laurel, a plant sacred to him (generally known in English as the bay tree). In commemoration of this legend, the winners at the [[Pythian Games]] received a wreath of laurel (bay leaves) picked in Tempe.
