Thyia (Delphi)
Thyia ( Greek Θυία ) is a cult site near Delphi in ancient Greece , named after Thyia , a nymph and first priestess of Dionysus in Delphi.
According to Herodotus, when the Persian army advanced, the frightened inhabitants of Delphi erected the Anemoi , the wind gods, on the advice of Apollon , an altar in the Temenos of Thyia and there offered sacrifices to the winds. These sacrifices continued even after the Persian threat had ended .
swell
- Herodotus Histories 7,178f
literature
- Johannes Schmidt: Thyia . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, Col. 914-916 ( digitized version ).