Oracle of Delphi by kosv01

Bryce • Historical • posted on Nov 17, 2003

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At the ancient times the most famous of all Greek oracles was the one of Delphi at central Greece. The hi-priestess named Pithia, used to breath smoke from the burning leaves of laurel (some claims different but...), she felt in ecstasy and then she spoke the oracle of the god of sun Appolo to everyone asked for it. All great Greek generals, politicians and kings had a great respect for it. Sometimes even the great Persian kings have asked for the favour of gods through the words of Pythia. The ruins of this temple are still at the place of Delphi... ---------------------------------------------- Hope you all like this picture and please excuse my sort history lesson. Kostas. -----------------------------------------------

Comments (10)

mloates

4:26PM | Mon, 17 November 2003

Beautiful render!! The texturing is fantastic. Excellent!

librarian__1

5:05PM | Mon, 17 November 2003

I coulda sworn that she had an apitheatre rather than a temple, but I looked it up and Hey! there was an apetheatre at delphi but it had nothing to do with her... So thanks for correcting a mistake. Wonderful render though, Beautiful mats, I marvel at your walls, and I love that bronze vase... I recently went to England and saw their plentiful gallery of vases at the British museum.

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Artzy

5:52PM | Mon, 17 November 2003

Wonderful Work Indeed!

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pakled

10:03PM | Mon, 17 November 2003

'so if they build a wall of wood, the Persians will fail? (one of the more famous oracles..;) Supposedly the gasses from a subterranean fracture made for the wild words..almost got to go there, but missed out.

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baher

3:40AM | Tue, 18 November 2003

wonderful!,textures,composition and story.outstanding work!!!:)

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Moebius87

7:49AM | Tue, 18 November 2003

Outstanding work! I recently had a chance to see the preview of the upcoming movie "Troy", and I thought to myself... hmmm... I wonder if my buddy Kostas had anything to do with that. Good to see you posting more of your art! :o)

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kosv01

8:39AM | Tue, 18 November 2003

Lol Moeb...I'm not that good to participate in such a great project...But i have in mind to create some pictures here from that era... Thx for your kind comments, and really glads you liked it...

SylvieB92

3:17PM | Tue, 18 November 2003

Hey Kostas! I'm happy to see your artworks again:)It made for a long time.. for such a long time!:) Wonderful textures and volumetric effect (smoke)V

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