Delphi (74 page)

Vernon, Francis,
251

verse: dedications honoring poets,
197
,
362n15
; oracle's responses in,
27
–
28
,
200
,
218
,
312n26

Vespasian,
209
,
211

vessels: cauldrons,
67
–
68
,
151
,
296
; craters,
125
,
157
; melted down to finance war,
151
; Minoan rhyton,
42
; mixing bowls,
83
,
84
,
93
,
151
,
175
,
198
.
See also
ceramics

virginity or chastity,
12
–
13
,
312n26
visibility,
110
,
141
,
146
–
47
; Cnidian lesche and view of sanctuary,
128
; omphalos as optical device,
315n19
; placement of dedications,
105
; terracing and,
87

von Pückler Muskau, Prince Hermann,
258

von Wilamovitz Moellendorff,
233
–
34

Walker, W: painting by,
Plate VII

walls,
252
; archaeological excavation of,
258
; collapse during earthquakes,
145
,
177
; construction of boundary,
93
–
96
; for defense of Delphi,
150
,
249
,
367n14
; and definition of sacred space,
177
; as foundation for treasuries,
105
; inscriptions on,
157
–
58
,
200
,
201
,
252
; interpretation of “wooden wall” oracle,
117
; perimeter wall of Apollo sanctuary,
74
–
75
,
87
; polygonal wall,
102

Walpole, Horace,
252

war in Greek culture: Apollo's association with war,
40
; community self-definition and warfare,
54
,
59
; dedications commemorating military victories,
16
,
120
–
23
,
127
–
29
,
133
,
137
,
147
,
156
,
160
,
167
,
178
,
190
,
191
,
193
,
210
–
11
,
219
,
238
–
39
,
293
–
95
,
299
–
300
; destruction of dedications to finance war,
151
; maritime power,
117
,
120
; oracle consultation and military advice,
57
,
59
,
110
,
112
–
17
,
314n58
; supernatural heroes as warriors,
112
,
116
,
120
,
170
; war as context for civic reforms,
109
–
10
.
See also
Specific battles, wars

War of the Allies,
179

water: site engineering and run-off channels,
156
.
See also
baths, Roman
;
Castalian fountain

wedding at Delphi, conflict and,
148
–
49

West Stoa,
171
–
72
,
347n28
,
Plate II

Wheler, George,
251
,
253

Winckelmann, Johann Joachim,
252
–
53

wolf statue,
131

World Heritage Site, Delphi as,
373n3

World War I,
275

World War II,
278
–
82

Wormell, Donald,
11
–
12
,
22
,
140
,
164
,
167
–
68
,
183

Xenocrates of Agrigentum,
125

Xenophon,
25
,
139
–
40

Xerxes,
116

“Yellow house”
(maison jaune),
64
,
74