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2866 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. Perseus Sculpture Catalog entry London 1000
   Hermitage, cat. no. 36; Vatican, Belvedere 9; Delphi 1819 (philosopher); Delphi 1817 (female from the Neoptolemos sanctuary; Delphi 1820 (male from the Neoptolemos sanctuary); Piraeus, Kallithea Heroon male (19.39)

2. Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon alphabetic letter *s111, entry su_le/w
   , a formula in the manumission of slaves at Delphi, , etc. (14.83)

3. E. E. Sikes, Thomas W. Allen, Commentary on the Homeric Hymns comm, poem 27
   The prelude may have been used at Delphi, where portions of ancient poetry, bearing on Delphi and the god, were recited (Dittenberger Sylloge 663); but it is very possible that the scene at that place (13 f.) is simply introduced for literary effect. (14.72)

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6 from Renaissance Materials

1. Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary entry Delphos
   Delphos, Delphi, the oracle of Apollo: . (4.38)

2. Alexander Dyce, A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works alphabetic letter I, entry irregulous
   irregulousdisorderly, lawless, isle—Fertile the, The blunder in confounding Delphi and Delos is copied by Shakespeare from Greene's novel. (2.82)

3. M. W. MacCallum, Shakespeare's Roman Plays and their Background part 1, chapter 3
   He became priest of Apollo in Delphi, and for many years fulfilled the priestly functions, taking part in the sacrifices, processions and dances even as an old man; for philosopher as he was, his very philosophy supplied him with various contrivances for conformity. with the ancient cult, and he probably had no more difficulty about it than a modern Hegelian has with the Thirty-nine Articles. (2.54)

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11 from The Bolles Collection on the History of London

1. Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor: Volume 1 chapter 14, page 178
   A penny pie-shop has spoiled us at the ‘Delphi and at Ashley‘s. I go out between eight and nine in the evening. (2.82)

2. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter G, entry 12937
   divine and author; son of Richard Gurney [q. v.]; chaplain to the Court Chapel, Paris, 1858-71; published books of verse, including ‘Songs of the Present,’ 1854, and ‘Iphigenia at Delphi’ (tragedy), 1855; also translations from the German and prose treatises. [xxiii. (2.74)

3. Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter D, entry 8341
   physician and alchemist; educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford; probationer-fellow, 1647; M.A., 1649; M.D., 1656; induced by Mundanus, a French adept, to study chemistry; F.C.P., 1677; physician in ordinary to Charles II and James II; published ‘Delphi Phœnicizantes,’ 1666, and ‘Physica vetus et vera,’ claiming to base a philosophy on the Pentateuch, 1702. [xv. (2.74)

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1 from American Memory: California

1. Bound for Sacramento; travel-pictures of a returned wanderer, translated from the German by Ruth Frey Axe, introduction by Henry R. Wagner page 172
   This is one of the most stimulating psychological problems of the wilderness, where there are enough of such "inexactly observed facts" and "mysterious laws" which could be understood easily enough if man were permitted to solve that problem of all problems, namely, to understand himself or the saying above the Grotto of Delphi: "Know thyself! (3.85)

2 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Historical Collections. Collections and researches made by the Michigan pioneer and historical society ... Reprinted by authority of the Board of state auditors. Volume 10 page 247
   To the Island of Garlic [at Delphi] (3.29)

2. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. By S.M. Fuller page 156
   We thus see wily the priestess at Delphi, previous to uttering her oracles, shook a laurel tree, and then seated herself on a tripod covered with laurel boughs. (2.61)

2 from American Memory: Chesapeake Bay

1. Stephen Collins, The autobiography of Stephen Collins, M.D page 197
   A word over the gate of the temple at Delphi signifies Thou Art. Thus heathen philosophers confessed the nothingness of man in contrast with Him whose existence is incomprehensible, and from everlasting to everlasting. (2.17)

2. Samuel Mordecai, Virginia, especially Richmond in by-gone days; with a glance at the present: being reminiscences and last words of an old citizen page 248
   New York was ridiculously classical; her Surveyor General made Lempriere's Classical Dictionary his vade mecum; and as he laid off the western portion of the state, he labeled his maps with the names of ancient poets, philosophers, orators, cities and countries, in the most indiscriminate manner—bringing Syracuse, Manlius, Jordan, Rome, Delphi and Tully into a queer proximity, such as their original owners never dreamed of, and Virginia almost abjectly loyal, must have made the Court Calendar her guide, instead of retaining as far as practicable the Indian names; all the royal families of successive reigns, and many of the nobility were put in requisition, to furnish names by which to distinguish her counties, rivers and towns. (1.02)

251 from Beazley Archive

1. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 351729
   Delphi, Archaeological Museum, 4710 (7.55)

2. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 351927
   Delphi, Archaeological Museum (7.55)

3. Beazley Archive Pottery Database entry 352074
   Delphi, Archaeological Museum, 6667 (7.55)

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