Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Delphi

or Delphos. A town of Phocis, famous for a temple of Apollo and for an oracle celebrated in every age and country. So called from its twin peaks, which the Greeks called brothers (adelphoi ).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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