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Delphi
Delphi
Subtitle:
a history of the center of the ancient world.
Book Category:
Philosophy > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical
Author:
Scott, Michael
Binding:
Hardcover
ISBN 13:
9780691150819
Price:
USD 29.95
Publication Year:
2014

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Princeton University Press,
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USA
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The sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi was home to the most famed oracle in antiquity. Such was its renown that Delphi was believed to mark the navel (omphalos) of the world, hence the "center" of the book's subtitle. Even with a wealth of scholarship devoted to aspects of Delphi, it is remarkable that no fully comprehensive account in English has

 

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