omphalos in a sentence
Examples
- During the long prime of the Spanish Main, Cuba was the geopolitical omphalos of the empire.
- Recent studies by French archaeologists have demonstrated that the omphalos and the columns are connected and interlocked.
- "I had a vision of Emory being the omphalos of the poetry world, " Schuchard said.
- Sacred places constitute world centers ( omphalos ) with the altar or place of prayer as the axis.
- The stone of the omphalos seems to have been decorated in high relief and had an oval shape.
- They probably held a tripod ( not extant ) crowned by the omphalos displayed also in the same room.
- Viewers are able to walk beneath the sculpture and look up into an " omphalos " or navel above them.
- During the grand opening week in July 2004, press reports described the omphalos as the " spoon-like underbelly ".
- Erwin Rohde wrote that the Python at Delphi was an earth spirit, who was conquered by Apollo and buried under the Omphalos.
- In literature, the word, " omphalos " has held various meanings but usually refers to the stone at Delphi.