. Greek athletic sports and festivals . ellano-dicae. From this point too we may suppose, when the gamesfor the day were finished, the Hellanodicae followed by thevictors started in a triumphal procession, and passing throughthe official entrance on the north side, made their way to thetemple of Asclepius to render thanks and pay their vows to thepatron of the festival. A further stage in the development of the stadium is seenin the stadium of Delphi, the best preserved and the mostr(!)mantic in its situation of ail Ureek stadia. It lies on ar5cky shelf to the north-west of the sacred precinct
. Greek athletic sports and festivals . ellano-dicae. From this point too we may suppose, when the gamesfor the day were finished, the Hellanodicae followed by thevictors started in a triumphal procession, and passing throughthe official entrance on the north side, made their way to thetemple of Asclepius to render thanks and pay their vows to thepatron of the festival. A further stage in the development of the stadium is seenin the stadium of Delphi, the best preserved and the mostr(!)mantic in its situation of ail Ureek stadia. It lies on ar5cky shelf to the north-west of the sacred precinct at the footof the cliffs of Parnassus, which rise sheer above it to a heightof 800 feet, and looking down over the valley of the Pleistusand the Crisaean plain. As at Olympia, there seems to havebeen no permanent stadium till the second half of the In Pindars time the athletic competitions took placein the plain below, where, for want of sufficient room at Delphi 1 , 1899, pp. 601-615. S j;,4CT,,jnnw<W7XW:wnW^^. ^ a W N
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