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: ''For other items with the name '''Delphi''', see: [[Delphi (disambiguation)]].'' | |||
[[File:TelamontBuilding.jpg|thumb|A binocular view of Delphi, with the [[Telamont Building]] in center.]] | [[File:TelamontBuilding.jpg|thumb|A binocular view of Delphi, with the [[Telamont Building]] in center.]] | ||
'''Delphi''' was a large city on the planet {{RDM|Caprica}}, situated in the same general region as [[Caprica City]]. | '''Delphi''' was a large city on the planet {{RDM|Caprica}}, situated in the same general region as [[Caprica City]]. | ||
== Urban Center == | == Urban Center == | ||
[[File:HistoryMuseum.jpg|right|thumb|The heavily-damaged Delphi Museum, repository of an [[Arrow of Apollo|important artifact]].]] | [[File:HistoryMuseum.jpg|right|thumb|The heavily-damaged Delphi Museum, repository of an [[Arrow of Apollo|important artifact]].]] | ||
Delphi was encircled by a rolling temperate rain forest and was located fairly close to a mountain range. Before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the city boasted a large spaceport and a military base. One of the tallest structures in Delphi was the [[Telamont Building]]. Another major landmark was the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]]; among the items at the museum was the [[Arrow of Apollo]], an artifact that held clues to the general whereabouts of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], home of the legendary [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] {{TRS|Colonial Day|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I}}. | Delphi was encircled by a rolling temperate rain forest and was located fairly close to a mountain range. Before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the city boasted a large spaceport and a military base. One of the tallest structures in Delphi was the [[Telamont Building]]. Another major landmark was the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]]; among the items at the museum was the [[Arrow of Apollo]], an artifact that held clues to the general whereabouts of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], home of the legendary [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] {{TRS|Colonial Day|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I}}. | ||
In the less urbanized outskirts of the city, the [[Delphi Convalescent Institute]] served patients suffering from mental illness for more than sixty years prior to the fall of the Colonies {{CAP|The Imperfections of Memory}}. The [[Delphi Union High School]] was also located in this more forested area {{TRS|Resistance (episode)}}. | In the less urbanized outskirts of the city, the [[Delphi Convalescent Institute]] served patients suffering from mental illness for more than sixty years prior to the fall of the Colonies {{CAP|The Imperfections of Memory}}. The [[Delphi Union High School]] was also located in this more forested area {{TRS|Resistance (episode)}}. | ||
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Delphi, as with the rest of the Colonies, was allegedly abandoned as the Cylons left to find the [[The Fleet (RDM)|last remnants]] of humanity in order to find a way to co-exist with them {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}. | Delphi, as with the rest of the Colonies, was allegedly abandoned as the Cylons left to find the [[The Fleet (RDM)|last remnants]] of humanity in order to find a way to co-exist with them {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The location of Delphi is one of many of the | *The location of Delphi is one of many of the series’ influences by ancient Greek mythology and history. In antiquity, the Greek city of Delphi was home to the Delphic Oracle, a Sibyl who made predictions, delivered in song or verse, which may have been inspired or influenced by the breathing of vapors emitted from the ground. The Oracle was originally a Pythian priestess (named for the python, killed by Apollo). Over time, she became known as The Pythia. | ||
* Initially, the Oracle was associated with [[w:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], who became the foundation of the Olympian Gods. However, with the founding of a temple to the god Apollo, Delphi became more closely associated with him. This relationship between Delphi and Apollo is reflected in Delphi on Caprica being the home of the Arrow of Apollo. | *Initially, the Oracle was associated with [[w:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], who became the foundation of the Olympian Gods. However, with the founding of a temple to the god Apollo, Delphi became more closely associated with him. This relationship between Delphi and Apollo is reflected in Delphi on Caprica being the home of the Arrow of Apollo. | ||
*The University of British Columbia's [[w:Koerner_Library|Koerner Library]] was used as the Delphi base on Caprica in the episode "[[Colonial Day]]" (Source: [[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion|The Official Companion]]). | |||
== External Links == | |||
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