An annual festival was held in May, called Delphinia, to commemorate the tribute of seven boys and seven girls, whom Athens had been compelled in remote times to send every year to Crete to be offered as sacrifices to the Minotaur.

• 雅典在远古时曾被迫每年向克里特岛送去七名童男和七名童女，作为献给半人半牛怪物弥诺陶罗的贡品，所以过去雅典每年五月都要举行叫做德尔菲尼亚的活动，来纪念那些无辜的孩子。