Region: Southern Europe · Coordinates: 38.482, 22.501 · 11 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 595 BC | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | Solon argues to the Greeks that they must come to the aid of the shrine at Delphi tradition |
| 550 BC | Herodotus, Histories | Croesus tests several oracles, including Delphi; he receives the reply that if he sends an army against Persia he will destroy a great empire tradition |
| 448 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Sparta takes Delphi in the Sacred War and gives it to the Delphians; Athens then gives it back to the Phocians |
| 436 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Epidamnus consults Delphi and is told to hand the city over to Corinth tradition |
| 432 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | Sparta asks Delphi whether to go to war and is told it will win if it fights with all its might |
| 426 BC | Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War | 3,000 Spartan troops gather at Delphi and induce the Ozolian Locrians to revolt |
| 355 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | On news that the Phocians had seized the temple at Delphi, the nearby Locrians marched out at once. |
| 354 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Battle with the Locrians beside the Phaedriades rock: Philomelus won. |
| 347 BC | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | When the Phocian army tried to dig around the tripod, a great earthquake struck and caused terror. |
| 174 BC | Livy, History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) | Perseus crossed Mount Oeta to go to the oracle at Delphi, wishing to ask ... |
| 167 BC | Polybius, Histories | Aemilius takes the base of Perseus' monument at Delphi |