ðoʊz sˈaɪts ˈɔfən hɐdbɪn dˈɛdᵻkˌeɪɾᵻd tə dˈiːətiz hˌuːz wˈɜːʃɪp pɹɪsˈiːdᵻd ðæt ʌv ɐpˈɑːloʊ ænd mˈeɪ ɡˌoʊ bˈæk tə pɹˌiːhɪstˈɔːɹɪk ˈiəɹəz, sˈʌtʃ ɐz dˈɛlfaɪ, bˌʌt hˌuː wɜː səplˈæntᵻd baɪ ðə tˈaɪm ʌv klˈæsɪkəl ɡɹˈiːk kˈʌltʃɚ.
Those sites often had been dedicated to deities whose worship preceded that of Apollo and may go back to prehistoric eras, such as Delphi, but who were supplanted by the time of Classical Greek culture.