Delphi

A Colonial city on Caprica featuring a large spaceport and military base.

Following the Cylon Attack, Delphi is used by the Cylons as their primary base of operations. Valerii and Helo make their way acorss the planet in the hope of being able to find a vehicle they can use to fly off Caprica (Flesh and Bone, Hand of God, Colonial Day).

It is also the city that contains the Arrow of Apollo, an artefact that may be the only clue to the whereabouts of Earth (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I, Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II). When Laura Roslin has visions following the discovery of Kobol, she overrides Adama's plans and persuades Kara "Starbuck" Thrace to take her captured Cylon Raider to Caprica in order to recover the Arrow (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I).

Successfully jumping to Caprica, Starbuck lands next to the museum in which the Arrow is kept and manages to retrieve it, but she is badly beaten by Six, and encounters Helo and the pregnant Sharon Valerii (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II).

Starbuck once owned a studio apartment in Delphi. Because she was always away on Colonial Military duty she did not own much furniture or personal nick-nacks and did not often buy groceries. She was notoriously lackadaisical when it came to paying her bills so her basic services were routinely cut off. The apartment was littered with paintings of her own creation and of course her customary stogies. Starbuck wasn't very enthusiastic about the place, even when she owned it, the only reason she returned "home" was to collect an old jacket, a personal memento, and to get her car so she and Helo wouldn't have to walk anymore (Valley of Darkness).

Ancient Greece

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). Overt time, she became known as The Pythia.

Initially, the Oracle was associated with Gaia, who became the foundation of the Olympian Gods. However, with the founding of a temple to the god [Greek Gods | 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.

--Colonial Historiographer 10:04, 25 Jan 2005 (EST)
--Expanded, --Colonial Archivist 19:18, 25 Jan 2005 (EST)

External Links

Wikipedia entry for Delphi