This video was part of "The Delphic Preview: the Festival of the Muses", held by the Center for Hellenic Studies - Harvard University, the Isadora Duncan International Institute, the Ecumenical Delphic Union, and the Committee for the Reinstatement of the Delphic Games. Spanning over Delphic inspirations and reinstatements of the Pythian Games in modern times, the contribution goes back to ancient times to take a look at the musical contests of the Pythia and we will focus on the Hellenistic period in particular, when an amazing turnout of itinerant professionals of literature and music (the so-called “poeti vaganti”) took place in Delphi.