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Castalian Spring
Delphi

Castalian Spring

Delphi, Greece

Castalian Spring, Delphi, Greece

About Castalian Spring

The Castalian Spring, in the ravine between the Phaedriades at Delphi, is where all visitors to Delphi — the contestants in the Pythian Games, and especially pilgrims who came to consult the Delphic Oracle — stopped to wash themselves and quench their thirst; it is also here that the Pythia and the priests cleansed themselves before the oracle-giving process. Finally Roman poets regarded it as a source of poetic inspiration.

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Ancient Theatre of Delphi

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Tholos of Delphi

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