\paperw3195 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \fs22 The site was occupied in the Mycenean era, when there was a small village in which a female deity, the goddess GΩ (or
Gaea), was worshipped. It was not until later that the cult of Apollo was established there, turning Delphi into one of the most famous places in the Greek world. Ever since the fame of the Pythia, an old woman from Delphi through whom the god expressed
his will, had spread among the Greeks, the sanctuary of \b \cf4 \ATXht103 Apollo\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 had been accumulating enormous wealth. \par
