Delphi and Lokria

Phocis and the Delphic Oracle.  Built in central Hellas. They say Zeus sent two eagles one from the west and one from the east and they may have been ravens but we'll stick to eagles aiglai and they met at Delphi. To this day the sanctuary has a navel because it's central to all lands and the headband of the navel is decorated with an image of the eagles myth. Hotel California was not played on reed flutes or pipes or syringai as they were called. Paeans were a common thing. Especially during the Pythean games when the theatre was full. Delphi an Oracle dedicated and founded by the winged one Apollo. The first Pythia was a prophetess called Phemonoe. Pythia is from pythestai which means to inquire which makes sense. Delphi is not far from Krisa which gives its name to the Krisaian gulf and Kirrha ( Girrha )is not far however both cities were razed.
   Delphi stayed intact despite many plunderings over the centuries as it has always been a sacred storehouse of great wealth although not in Strabo's time. It has been pillaged many times and since the cave entrance leads deep down precious treasures were locked well below in rocky caverns but one guy Onomarchus tried to tunnel through and dig it out but supposedly caused an earthquake and this tale has deterred those ever since.
   Sacred Parnassos. Sacred caves and the nymphs of Korkyra in the shadow of Mount Korax. The Amphictyonian decree forbade the Krisaians from exacting duties from Italian and Sicilian products coming into the port of Krisa but it didn't stop the greedy Krisaians and it made them rather prosperous.
   Tityos was slain and good riddance to the monstrous man and so was the Python also known as the Dracon. Definitely a link between snakes and dragons. Tityos seemed to have been killed and then reappeared again in Euboia which is myth.
   Elatia was the largest city in Phocia and according to Demosthenes the Orator you could hear the thunderous clashes in Elatia from Athens during the Phocian war. There was also a Krisaian war. Elatia was not as populous in Homer's time.
   Hellebore was supposedly a tasty treat. Give me some Hellebore. It was found in Antikyra and was known as hell flowers. Melampus observed its cathartic effects on goats and is deemed to be a magico-poisonous plant in the same family of plants as the deadly aconite. Melampus used the milk of the goats to cure the daughters of the King of Argos who were inflicted with a divine madness. Ella bora. It was used as a medicine and a cure for phlegm by Dioscorides and as an early type of mouthwash to elimate toothache. Pliny said it was used in fumigation. Pausanias says the river Pleistus was poisoned with Hellebore roots during the war with Krisa and thus the water supply of the city was contaminated giving the invaders the edge over the Krisaians. Nasty trick. Early chemical warfare in fact.
   Ephoros was a man of truth and sort of had no time for historical myth but made allowances for certain myths with a semblance of truth such as Apollo and Themis and he believed Apollo founded the delphic Oracle to benefit man. The religious aspect was high and the place became a sort of diocese to many incorporated cities similar to the Achaian cities. Ephoros was subject to paradoxical comments and often contradicts his beliefs but Strabo thought he was a good authority on Phocia.
   Ozolian Lokrians from Lokri a place that is split down the middle - amongst the west to east ribbons of states north of Boiotia with Boiotia included in the ribbons.