Rain fell in sheets on the broken columns and stone blocks. I stood on the ancient ground where Agamemnon, Socrates and Cicero, among others, had humbly stood, hoping to get answers to their big ...

Throughout history, humans have sought meaning in signs and omens, searching for hints of what lies ahead. In ancient Greece, ...

It was at one time one of the most sacred shrines in the world, and was consulted by kings, generals and emperors. It accumulated troves of wealth, which were from time to time plundered, but often ...

The TV show Percy Jackson and the Olympians closely follows the plot of the books, including the role of the Oracle of Delphi, who provides riddle-like prophecies to guide the characters on their ...

CONSIDERED to be the voice of the god Apollo, the Oracle at Delphi foretold the fates of kings and nations. The rulers of Greece, Persia and the Roman Empire made the arduous journey to the Temple of ...

WE are inclined, and not without reason, to regard the story of the Greeks, in spite of their many priceless achievements for mankind, as in a sense tragic, after all. Though some of the Hellenic ...