Exploring Ancient Delphi: A Journey Through Time
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
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Join me as we take a springtime walk through the world famous archaeological site of Delphi. You'll learn about the mythological and historical background of this very special place, along with its famous monuments such as the Temple of Apollo, Athenian Treasury, and the Theater of Delphi. Finally, I show you a peek into the fabulous on-site archaeological museum which houses its most famous treasures such as the Sphinx of Naxos, the Charioteer of Delphi, a gold and ivory statue of Apollo, and much more.
I booked my tour as a day trip from Athens through Key Tours. It was a wonderful experience from beginning to end, with a fantastic guide named Katarina.
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Here is my older video I made about Apollo in case you want to dive a bit deeper into this fascinating god:
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So beautiful, magnificent! Thanks for sharing...
My pleasure! Thanks for watching 😊
Nice to see a new post! What a fascinating place. Thanks for sharing your time there with us.
Wow that place is so beautiful
Thank you for your work!
The fact that you happened to visit the site at a rainy day made this even more beautiful. The water saturated the colors of the stones, the mist between the mountains gave a mystical look and, most importantly, such weather ensured that there were not that many, if any at all, tourists around. So you had the opportunity to capture the iconic architecture, ruins and nature without crowds blocking the view all over the place. Great footage and directing. Looking forward to more videos like that from you! 😊
Delphi has a certain epic look to it. The mountains and sloping valleys has an ethereal and mystical quality that's hard to describe. No wonder it held such religious significance to the ancient Greeks. Great video.
Absolutely! I often felt that at all the ancient sites I visited: Mycenae also has this indescribable quality, although very different from Delphi. I loved the light rain on this day too. Added to this feeling of being sort of purified by the elements.
Thank you
Thank you for watching 😊
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Great video!
thx, need a one hour video tour.
Cool video. Thank you
Glad you liked it! 😊 Thanks for watching.
The ‘writing’ I attributed to Socrates at the end should be ammended to say ‘by Plato’. Of course Socrates didn’t write anything down, so everything we know about him comes from what his students recorded as dialogues.
Here is another translation of that text:
Madness, provided it comes as the gift of heaven, is the channel by which we receive the greatest blessings.
-Plato, Phaedrus
Thanks for a beautiful video. I like your videos and I have nothing to say about information regarding to the ones I've seen. But I think you stumbled in words when you said Socrates wrote...
Ah, I think I understand what you mean now. That Socrates didn't leave writings behind? Yes, but it's believed that his students wrote down his words. It's similar to saying "Socrates said". At any rate, I only ever do one single take when I make the voiceovers so there is bound to be some mistakes in there. I always try to do my best with research but fail sometimes 😅
I added extra information about this in the comments. The quote comes from Plato’s Phaedrus in which (I believe) Socrates is the speaker. Thanks again.
@@TinyEpics great work btw. I think it’s polite to mention in a comment section when it’s done nicely. Isn’t that what a comment section should be? Interaction, maybe even discussion. I myself never had a perfect day without things like misspelling or so.
@@martinaakervik Absolutely! Thanks for your feedback and also for the nice words. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Hi Tiny Epics, it's me remember. Can you explore what exact substances they took or procedure they followed that allowed the Oracle to enter into Trance. U mentioned Plato and others were divinely inspired here... I believe it is a fancy term for something that happened here, something that they took here or maybe something to do with geography maybe.. so that the people of that era found that divine. Do you have any ideas regarding this ?
Hi there. Yes, I remember you! I plan to do a deeper dive into the mysteries of Delphi at some point. I am almost finished reading a wonderful book I got on the subject, and will hopefully be able to cover some of what you mention in an upcoming video. There is so much to say about Delphi and what went on there that it is rather mind boggling. Stay tuned! I have a video about Delos coming up too.
Also, the worship and rituals at Delphi also involved Dionysus, which is something rarely mentioned as the focus is more on the worship of Apollo. But I think this is a crucial aspect in understanding the ‘divine madness’ of the place. From what I understand, the Temple of Apollo was also dedicated to Dionysus (one side for each god).
@@TinyEpics from what you said just now, i feel as if Dionysus has his own older cult following. When the Greeks came, his cult couldn't be broken , so he had to be absorbed into Greek pantheon. And lo and behold, out goes Hestia and Welcome Dionysus to the 12 Olympians.
Things like this happens all the time in Hinduism too. When a local popular cult is too powerful to be uprooted by the incoming Mainstream religion, they assimilate that cult into them and make the deity a marginal one in the entire pantheon so that local uprisings can never start.
See from this , i think Dionysus may have been an proto greek super God reduced to drunken son of Zeus 😂
@@maximumtate9580 Yes, I think you’re onto something. Also we see Apollo slaying Python (child of Gaia) to claim Pytho (later called Delphi) as his center of worship. So much of the myths talk about the subduing of earlier, cthonic dieties, which then become absorbed into the younger gods.
Somewhat unrelated, but I also find the connection between the real life Pythia priestess and the Trojan priestess/prophetess Cassandra in mythology rather striking. She has this aspect of divine madness in her prophecies which are never believed, and yet the Pythia’s words were believed. So many interesting overlaps going on.
Another example of the feminine powers of the earth being supressed and absorbed by male dieties as well.
I might be rambling at this point myself, but some interesting thoughts to bookmark for upcoming videos.
@@maximumtate9580 Dionysus definitely got reduced to a comedic figure in the post-classical world, as you point out. Yet he is really one of the most sublime and most human of all the gods (similar to Christ in this way, and also as a god of resurrection).