гимназия в Дельфах

Atlas11, on August 27, 2008, said:

'It is also said that Themistocles arrived in Delphi bringing spoils to Apollo from the naval encounters of Artemision and Salamis. He asked whether he should dedicate them inside the temple, but the Pythian priestess bade his to carry them out of the sanctuary altogether. And thus is that part of the oracle: Do not set in my temple the splendit beauty of the Persian spolis. From here take them speedily. It is a miracle that from him alone the god did not accept the offerings. Some thought that the god would have rejected alike all offerings from Persian spoils, if like Themistocles the others had inquired of Apollo before making their dedication. Other said that the god knew that Themistocles would become suppliant of the Persian king, and refused to take the gifts so that Themistocles might not by a dedication render the Persian's emnity unappeasable.' From Pausanias' Descriprion of Greece. Phocis, Ozolian Locri. 14:5-6.