Pythia

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oracle priestess religious office

Pythia was the high priestess and oracle of Apollo at the ancient Greek sanctuary of Delphi, famed for delivering prophetic pronouncements to individuals and city-states.

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Label Occurrences
Pythia canonical 16
Delphic oracle 1
Delphic priestess Pythia 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf oracle ⓘ
priestess ⓘ
religious office ⓘ
abolishedBy Theodosius I in context of banning pagan cults ⓘ
associatedWith Delphic Amphictyony ⓘ
linked to: Amphictyonic League

Delphic sanctuary ⓘ
linked to: Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi

Oracle of Delphi ⓘ
linked to: Oracle of Apollo
consultationFrequency later on the seventh day of each month during the nine warmest months ⓘ
originally once a year on the birthday of Apollo ⓘ
consultedFor colonization ventures ⓘ
military campaigns ⓘ
personal problems ⓘ
political decisions ⓘ
religious matters ⓘ
decline lost importance in late Roman Empire ⓘ
etymology derived from Pytho, an older name for Delphi ⓘ
function answered questions of city-states ⓘ
answered questions of individuals ⓘ
delivered prophetic pronouncements ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influence Greek city-state policy ⓘ
Panhellenic religious life ⓘ
myth and literature ⓘ
interpretationBy Delphic priests ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Delphi ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Phocis ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation Python (serpent slain by Apollo) ⓘ
positionHeldAt Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi ⓘ
linked to: Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
ritualLanguage uttered responses often in ecstatic or trance-like state ⓘ
ritualPractice burned barley and laurel on an altar ⓘ
chewed laurel leaves in some accounts ⓘ
drank water from the Castalian spring ⓘ
sat on a tripod over a chasm or fissure ⓘ
role high priestess of Apollo ⓘ
oracle of Apollo ⓘ
linked to: Oracle of Apollo
selectionCriteria chosen from local women of Delphi or surrounding region ⓘ
sourceMention Herodotus ⓘ
Pausanias ⓘ
Plutarch ⓘ
timePeriod Archaic Greece ⓘ
Classical Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
title Pythia ⓘ
veneratedDeity Apollo ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Castalian Spring → associatedWith → Pythia ⓘ
Oracle of Apollo at Delphi → servedBy → Pythia ⓘ
subject linked to: Oracle of Apollo
Oracle of Apollo at Delphi → priestessTitle → Pythia ⓘ
subject linked to: Oracle of Apollo
Oracle of Apollo at Delphi → ritualSpecialist → Pythia ⓘ
subject linked to: Oracle of Apollo
Pythian Games → religiousContext → Delphic oracle ⓘ
linked to: Pythia
Temple of Apollo at Delphi → associatedWith → Pythia ⓘ
subject linked to: Temple of Apollo
Pythia → title → Pythia ⓘ
Panhellenic sanctuary of Delphi → associatedWith → Pythia ⓘ
Delphi archaeological site → associatedWith → Pythia ⓘ
Python → connectedTo → oracle of Delphi ⓘ
linked to: Pythia
Delphic priests → associatedWith → Pythia ⓘ
Delphic priests → interpretedSpeechOf → Pythia ⓘ
Temple of Apollo at Delphi → knownFor → Pythia ⓘ
Pythian Apollo → associatedWith → Delphic priestess Pythia ⓘ
linked to: Pythia
Pythian Apollo → titleRelatedTo → Pythia ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site of Delphi → hasPriestessTitle → Pythia ⓘ
Oracle at Delphi → operatedBy → Pythia ⓘ
subject linked to: oracle at Delphi
Oracle at Delphi → priestessTitle → Pythia ⓘ
subject linked to: oracle at Delphi
Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi → associatedWith → Pythia ⓘ
subject linked to: sanctuary of Apollo