Sheila wrote:
The epithet Pythios/Pythion, unequivocally denotes the cult of Apollo of Delphi.
The name "Pythia" is derived from Pytho, which in myth was the original name of Delphi. The Greeks derived this place name from the verb, pythein (πύθειν, "to rot"), which refers to the decomposition of the body of the monster after she was slain by Apollo.
Apollo killing Python. A 1581 engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book I
It should be noted that Nicolas Poussin carried this copy of Ovid's Metamorphosis on his person at all times.
Temple of Apollo Pythios on Rhodes
The Knights of St John (who inherited the Knights Templar land after their
demise) chose to build their Grand Master Headquarters immediately next to this Temple.
This Temple is on the St Michael/Apollo Ley Line. It starts at Skellig Michael and finishes at Mt Carmel
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In ancient Canaanite culture, high places were frequently considered to be sacred, and Mount Carmel appears to have been no exception; Thutmose III lists a holy headland among his Canaanite territories, and if this equates to Carmel, as Egyptologists such as Maspero believe, then it would indicate that the mountain headland was considered sacred from at least the 15th century BC. According to the Books of Kings, there was an altar to God on the mountain, which had fallen into ruin by the time of Ahab, but Elijah built a new one. Iamblichus describes Pythagoras visiting the mountain on account of its reputation for sacredness, stating that it was the most holy of all mountains, and access was forbidden to many, while Tacitus states that there was an oracle situated there, which Vespasian visited for a consultation; Tacitus states that there was an altar there, but without any image upon it, and without a temple around it. - Wikipedia
But hey! It's ALL coincidence.
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