CentralNotice Pythia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other uses, see Pythia (disambiguation) . Priestess of Delphi (1891) by John Collier ; the Pythia was inspired by pneuma rising from below The Pythia ( / ˈ p ɪ θ i ə / or / ˈ p aɪ θ i ə / , Greek : Πυθία [pyːˈtʰi.a] ), commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi , was the name of any priestess throughout the history of Temple of Apollo at Delphi , located on the slopes of Mount Parnassus , beneath the Castalian Spring (the new priestess was selected after the death of the current priestess). The Pythia was widely credited for her prophecies inspired by Apollo. The Delphic oracle was established in the 8th century BC, [ 1 ] although it may have been present in some form in Late Mycenaean times, [ 2 ] from 1400 BC and was abandoned, and there is evidence that Apollo took over the ...