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Delphi Charioteer, Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece, C 470 BCE,
Bronze, Dimensions: H:1.8m.
The Charioteer of Delphi is a rare surviving 2,500-year-old bronze sculpture from Ancient Greek culture. It is a life-size statue of a chariot driver found in 1896 at the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delphi.
The statue was commissioned to commemorate the victory of the tyrant Polyzalusa of Gela, a Greek colony in Sicily, and his chariot in the Pythian Games of 470 BC.
The Pythian Games (also known as the Delphic Games) were among the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. They were held in honor of Apollo every four years at his sanctuary at Delphi.
They were held two years after each Olympic Games. An inscription on the statue’s limestone base shows that Polyzalus dedicated it as a tribute to Apollo for helping him win the chariot race.
The Charioteer of Delphi was initially part of a larger group of sculptures that included the chariot, at least four horses, and possibly two grooms.
Some smaller fragments of the horses, grooms, and chariot were found with the statue. The Sicilian Greek colonies were very wealthy compared with most of the cities of mainland Greece.
Image by Yasmine DG
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Tempio del tesoro degli Ateniesi.
Santuario di Delfi, GreciaThe Athenian Treasury.
Oracle of Delphi, Greece.Submitted by@summercamel
I personally recommend going to Delphi as it is in an unbelievable location and has a fantastic quality museum :)
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The omphalos in the museum of Delphi.
An omphalos is a religious stone artifact, or baetylus. In Greek, the word omphalos means “navel”. In Greek lore, Zeus sent two eagles across the world to meet at its center, the “navel” of the world. Omphalos stones marking the centre were erected in several places about the Mediterranean Sea; the most famous of those was at Delphi.
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Omphale. Sculptor: Joseph Anton Weinmüller. Omphale was the queen of the kingdom of Lydia in Asia Minor. She was the daughter of Iardanus and the wife of Tmolus, the king of Lydia. After Tmolus was killed by a bull, she continued to reign on her own. She purchased the hero Heracles after he was sent into servitude for one year by the Delphic Oracle for murdering Iphitos.
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