Authors: Michael Scott
Polycrates of Samos,
97
Polyzalus of Gela,
123
Pompeii,
252
Pompey,
200
Poppaeus Sabinus,
207
Poseidon,
35
pottery.
See
ceramics
Pouilloux, Jean,
277
Praxias,
153
Praxo,
189
preservation of site,
275
; environmental degradation and,
283
; research and,
284
Price, Simon,
24
Priestess of Delphi
(Collier),
22
, Plate IV
priests,
18
â
19
,
27
â
28
,
312n25
processions: during Pythaïs festival,
204
; routes for,
136
,
157
prohedria,
85
promanteia,
15
,
85
,
147
; Aetolia and,
165
,
169
; Athens and,
131
,
155
; of the Chians,
173
,
294
; Cyrene and,
160
; Philip II of Macedon and,
155
; revoked,
155
; Sparta and,
131
; Thebes and,
148
Prometheus Unbound
(Aeschylus),
277
,
371n16
prophetes,
19
protection of site: legal,
257
â
58
proxenia,
165
â
66
,
179
,
183
; Athens and,
178
; and decline of Delphic influence,
193
; as political tool,
344n6
; as reflection of Delphi's attitude toward recipient,
172
; Rome and,
185
; Spartans and,
199
Prusias II of Bithynia,
251n17
prytaneum,
143
Psi figurines,
44
Ptolemies of Egypt,
173
,
176
,
184
,
347n32
,
348n48
; control of Greek territories by,
184
purification,
20
,
63
; of Apollo,
35
; springs at Delphi and ritual,
13
,
15
Pydna, battle of,
190
,
193
; dedication commemorating victory,
299
â
300
Pylaioi,
174
Pythaïs festival,
194
â
95
,
204
,
299
; hymn inscription,
299
; procession,
204
Pythia: access to,
90
,
135
,
136
; and arbitration of disputes,
58
,
135
â
36
,
138
,
140
,
174
; as authority on ritual practices,
86
,
155
â
56
; and competition among oracles,
39
â
40
; decline of influence,
336n19
; discover of “lost” oracles,
145
; establishment of,
48
,
53
â
54
; “forced” prophecy,
20
â
21
,
311n13
; as fraud,
22
â
23
,
27
â
28
; in literature,
285
â
86
; longevity and,
39
,
41
â
42
,
132
; “madness” of the,
21
â
22
,
312n34
; as “management consultant,”
30
,
55
,
57
; myths linked to,
319n8
; operation during reconstruction,
96
â
97
; “peristyle house” as residence of,
214
; political roles of (
see
political roles of oracle
;
politics
); as religious authority,
364n33
; reputation of,
26
â
27
,
30
,
39
â
42
,
61
,
63
,
127
â
28
,
132
,
142
,
145
,
210
,
285
,
336n19
; selection of,
12
,
312n26
,
315n14
; “vapors” and inspiration of,
20
â
24
,
211
,
284
,
357n18
.
See also
consultation of the Pythia
Pythian, meaning of epithet,
32
Pythian games,
73
,
75
,
79
â
80
,
123
â
24
,
142
,
174
; 20th century revival of,
277
; access to,
169
; agonothetes, role of,
213
; boycotted by Athens,
155
; canceled during Sulla's campaign,
198
; commemoration of victories at,
174
; decline in attendance,
237
; as economic enterprise,
236
â
37
; “export” of,
236
â
38
; funding of,
72
; gymnasium and stadium built for,
157
â
59
,
158
; Jason of Pherai and intent to preside over,
145
; Nero as competitor in,
209
â
10
; as Pan-Greek occasion,
76
; Perseus and,
189
; Philip II of Macedon and,
155
; popularity of,
183
â
84
,
197
; returned to Greek control,
213
; as Soteria festival,
175
â
76
; theater constructed for,
295
â
296
; victors list compiled,
159
; women as competitors in,
209
Pythian Odes,
73
pythioi,
56
Pytho (serpent),
35
,
36
,
121
,
316n30
Quintus Fabius Pictor,
179
Raikes, Henry,
255
“Red house”
(maison rouge),
64
,
74
Regilla (wife of Herodes Atticus),
230
Revett, Nicholas,
252
Rhegion,
123
Rhodes,
184
; border dispute arbitrated by,
188
; sculpture of Helios dedicated by,
160
(another one collect)
Robertson, Noel,
72
rock of the Sibyl: discovery and excavation of,
272
Romaia festival,
187
,
220
,
350n14
Rome,
173
; Achean War,
193
; consultation of Delphi by,
168
â
69
,
179
â
80
; control and management of Delphi,
194
â
96
,
213
,
226
; dedications by,
168
,
175
,
179
,
184
â
85
,
190
,
193
,
203
â
4
,
223
; defeat of Antiochus and allies,
185
â
86
; defeat of Carthage,
193
; as enemy of Greece,
180
; and “liberation” of Delphi,
186
,
190
; and “liberation” of Greece,
184
â
85
,
209
,
211
; occupation of Delphi by,
189
â
90
; and Perseus of Macedon,
189
â
90
; Philip V of Macedon as enemy or ally of,
185
; and Punic Wars,
179
â
80
; relationship with Delphi,
168
â
69
,
201
â
2
,
203
â
14
; Romaia festival at Delphi,
187
; unified Greece as part of empire,
205
â
6
; “unipolar” domination of Mediterranean by,
190
â
91
,
193
Ross, Ludwig,
257
sacred space: activities prohibited in sanctuary,
348n45
; adyton as restricted space,
18
; agriculture on sacred land,
183
,
226
; boundary markers and definition of,
66
; cultivation of sacred land,
71
â
72
,
73
,
75
,
80
,
151
,
161
,
169
; dedicators attempts to monopolize,
127
; definition of boundaries for,
196
; entryways into,
66
,
103
,
242
,
246
,
294
,
347n28
; land belonging to Apollo,
210
; manipulation of dedicatory landscape within sanctuary,
167
; monopolization of,
176
,
293
; paths and movement within,
103
; placement of dedications and rivalry among dedicators,
166
; reorganization and repositioning of dedications,
173
; structures and definition of,
74
â
75
,
87
; visibility and domination of,
87
; walls and definition of,
177
Sacred War,
72
; First,
71
â
74
,
144
â
45
; Second,
130
â
32
; Third,
149
â
51
; Fourth,
161
â
62
; Alcmaeonids and,
131
â
32
; Amphictyony and,
144
â
45
; in literature,
72
â
73
,
160
; and status of Delphi,
286
“sacred way,”
103
,
246
,
293
,
299
;
331n23
,
299
sacrifice,
15
,
17
â
21
,
26
,
47
,
67
â
68
,
364n33
; altars for,
94
; and consultation of the Pythia,
15
,
17
â
21
,
364n33
; Croesus and human,
84
sacrilege: accusations of,
148
â
49
; theft and,
148
â
49
,
199
Salamis Apollo,
120
,
295
; location of,
16
Samos,
46
â
47
; sanctuaries at,
173
Samos, sanctuary at,
47
Sarapion,
217
Sarcophagus of Meleager,
231
â
32
,
232
,
257
,
296
Sardinia,
132
scandals,
114
â
16
,
195
â
96
; bribes,
25
,
100
â
101
,
111
â
12
,
114
â
16
,
134
,
141
; during Persian invasion,
114
â
16
Sciathus, inscription of,
17
,
141
,
311n16
Scipio Africanus (P. Cornelius Scipion),
350n12
Scordisci,
199
sculpture: Aetolian monument style at Delphi,
176
; cultural homogeneity and,
77
; as dedications,
87
â
88
; and definition of community identity,
133
; Elgin and Parthenon marbles,
256
; kouroi statues,
110
; kouros/kore style,
77
; on metope panels,
82
; paint and metal embellishment of,
107
; pedimental sculptures,
102
,
103
,
298
; reconstruction depicting placement of,
129
; Roman copies of Greek works,
362n15
.
See also
Specific dedications
Scylla and Hydra group,
210
â
11
Scyros,
126
Sebasta festival,
220
Seleucius II,
347n32
Septerion festival,
221
Septimus Severus,
235
serpent column.
See
Plataean serpent column
serpent of Delphi,
35
,
36
,
121
; and Christian myth of St. George,
248
shields: as dedications,
67
â
68
,
111
,
113
,
128
,
160
,
171
â
72
,
185
,
332n39
,
346n25
; in Museum,
296