Pythian Omphalos - Revision history

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Pythian Omphalos

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	==Pythian Omphalos==		==Pythian Omphalos==
	The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. Once the Omphalos relocates, the existing Pythia [[Elder Pythia]] appoints a new Pythia [[Pythia-elect]], who is charged with finding the Omphalos and re-establishing a new academy.		The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. Once the Omphalos relocates, the existing Pythia [[(Elder Pythia)]] appoints a new Pythia [[(Pythia-elect)]], who is charged with finding the Omphalos and re-establishing a new academy.

	===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===		===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===

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Pythian Omphalos

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	==Pythian Omphalos==		==Pythian Omphalos==
	The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. Once the Omphalos relocates, the existing [[Pythia]] appoints a Pythia-elect, who is charged with finding the Omphalos and re-establishing a new academy.		The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. Once the Omphalos relocates, the existing Pythia [[Elder Pythia]] appoints a new Pythia [[Pythia-elect]], who is charged with finding the Omphalos and re-establishing a new academy.

	===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===		===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===

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	==Pythian Omphalos==		==Pythian Omphalos==
	The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. Once the Omphalos relocates, the existing [[Pythia]]appoints a Pythia-elect, who is charged with finding the Omphalos and re-establishing a new academy.		The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. Once the Omphalos relocates, the existing [[Pythia]] appoints a Pythia-elect, who is charged with finding the Omphalos and re-establishing a new academy.

	===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===		===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===

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Destruction of the Ravenna House (502 AD)

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	====Destruction of the Ravenna House (502 AD)====		====Destruction of the Ravenna House (502 AD)====
	After the Battle of Verona (489), the Germanic King of Italy, Odoacer, was forced to flee to Ravenna. In the ensuing three-year siege, the Ravenna House was destroyed~~, causing the Pythian Omphalos to vanish for over one hundred years~~.		After the Battle of Verona (489), the Germanic King of Italy, Odoacer, was forced to flee to Ravenna. Pythian Omphalos vanished prior to the ensuing three-year siege, in which the Ravenna House was destroyed.

	=====Ravenna House Mosaic=====		=====Ravenna House Mosaic=====

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	===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===		===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===
	The oldest known records of the ~~Pythian~~ Omphalos begins in Delphi, where the Oracle was seated for many centuries. The Pythian Academy was present and involved in training the priestesses for the Oracle.		The oldest known records of the Omphalos begins in Delphi, where the Oracle was seated for many centuries. The Pythian Academy was present and involved in training the priestesses for the Oracle.

	===Alexandria Period (331 BC - 365 AD)===		===Alexandria Period (331 BC - 365 AD)===

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Pythian Omphalos

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	==Pythian Omphalos==		==Pythian Omphalos==
	The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. ~~The Pythians typically select a new~~ [[Pythia]], who is ~~tasked~~ with finding the Omphalos and ~~relocating remain near the Omphalos~~.		The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. Once the Omphalos relocates, the existing [[Pythia]]appoints a Pythia-elect, who is charged with finding the Omphalos and re-establishing a new academy.

	===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===		===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===

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Venice Period (c.500 - 1572)

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	===Venice Period (c.500 - 1572)===		===Venice Period (c.500 - 1572)===
	Records are not clear, but the Pythian Omphalos was discovered c.~~550~~ in the marshes of what was to become Venice. By the time the Republic of Venice was founded in 697, the Pythian Academy was already well established, having guided the development of the city for over one hundred years.		Records are not clear, but the Pythian Omphalos was discovered around c.500 in the marshes of what was to become Venice. By the time the Republic of Venice was founded in 697, the Pythian Academy was already well established, having guided the development of the city for over one hundred years.

	===Amsterdam Period (1572 - 1707)===		===Amsterdam Period (1572 - 1707)===

Lroncayo-01: /* Venice Period (c.550 - 1572) */

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Venice Period (c.550 - 1572)

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	The remains of the Ravenna House are still present in the form of a mosaic in a subfloor of the [[Basilica of San Vitale]]. This mosaic is used to train Pythian Academy apprentices teleportation from the corresponding mosaic in Venice.		The remains of the Ravenna House are still present in the form of a mosaic in a subfloor of the [[Basilica of San Vitale]]. This mosaic is used to train Pythian Academy apprentices teleportation from the corresponding mosaic in Venice.

	===Venice Period (c.~~550~~ - 1572)===		===Venice Period (c.500 - 1572)===
	Records are not clear, but the Pythian Omphalos was discovered c.550 in the marshes of what was to become Venice. By the time the Republic of Venice was founded in 697, the Pythian Academy was already well established, having guided the development of the city for over one hundred years.		Records are not clear, but the Pythian Omphalos was discovered c.550 in the marshes of what was to become Venice. By the time the Republic of Venice was founded in 697, the Pythian Academy was already well established, having guided the development of the city for over one hundred years.

Lroncayo-01: /* Ravenna Period (402 AD - 502 AD) */

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Ravenna Period (402 AD - 502 AD)

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	A splinter group fled Alexandria and relocated to Pergamon. With the fall of Pergamon in 133 BC, the decline of the library, and lack of an Omphalos stone, the group faded from history.		A splinter group fled Alexandria and relocated to Pergamon. With the fall of Pergamon in 133 BC, the decline of the library, and lack of an Omphalos stone, the group faded from history.

	===Ravenna Period (402 AD - ~~502~~ AD)===		===Ravenna Period (402 AD - 480 AD)===
	The Pythian Omphalos appeared in Ravenna in AD 402, when the capital of the Western Roman Empire was transferred from Milan to Ravenna. With the fall of Ravenna in 493, and the founding of the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy, the Pythian Omphalos vanished for many years.		The Pythian Omphalos appeared in Ravenna in AD 402, when the capital of the Western Roman Empire was transferred from Milan to Ravenna. With the fall of Ravenna in 493, and the founding of the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Italy, the Pythian Omphalos vanished for many years.

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Pythian Omphalos

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	==Pythian Omphalos==		==Pythian Omphalos==
	The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. The Pythians typically select a new Pythia, who is tasked with finding the Omphalos and relocating remain near the Omphalos.		The Pythian Omphalos is a mystical object that indicates the "navel of the world". The focus of the world periodically changes, which causes the Omphalos to relocate. The Pythians typically select a new [[Pythia]], who is tasked with finding the Omphalos and relocating remain near the Omphalos.

	===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===		===Delphi Period (600 BC - 300 AD)===