Episode 19 The Oracle of Delphi – Whispers of the Gods, Choices of Men

High on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, where mist curls around cliffs and olive trees, lay the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. For nearly a thousand years, it was considered the very center of the world—the omphalos, the navel of the earth. Kings, warriors, and ordinary citizens alike made pilgrimages to hear the voice of the god, spoken through the Oracle, the Pythia.