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Among the former is the famous Omphalos or Navel-stone, on which Apollo is often represented as sitting.
GREECEJ.A. MCCLYMONT
Delphi also contained the “Omphalos,” a sacred stone bound with fillets, supposed to mark the centre of the earth.
On the right, the god is seated on the omphalos, holding up his right hand.
Omphalos, om′fal-us, n. the navel: a raised central point: a boss.
From which omphalos or hub of the universe he will direct his shining team even to the far Hesperides of Richmond or of Windsor.
PAGAN PAPERSKENNETH GRAHAME
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