omphalos

"Navel." An ancient sacred conical stone of white marble at the temple of Apollo at Delphi. It was believed to mark the center of the earth. Another omphalos was at Phlius and it marked the center of all the Peloponnese.1

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References

Notes

  1. Pausanias. Description of Greece ii, 13.7.

Sources

  • Pausanias. Description of Greece x, 16.3.
  • Pindar. Pythian Odes, 4.