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The name Delphoi comes from the same root as “womb” and may indicate archaic veneration of Gaia at the site. Apollo is connected with the site by Delphinios, “the Delphinian”. The epithet is connected with dolphins (Greek in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (line 400), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying Cretan priests on his back.
The name Delphoi comes from the same root as “womb” and may indicate archaic veneration of Gaia at the site. Apollo is connected with the site by Delphinios, “the Delphinian”. The epithet is connected with dolphins (Greek in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo (line 400), recounting the legend of how Apollo first came to Delphi in the shape of a dolphin, carrying Cretan priests on his back.
