navel stone definition
(The latter of these is the source of our word navel.) The ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
Example Sentences for omphalos. Among the former is the famous Omphalos or Navel-stone, on which Apollo is often represented as sitting. From which omphalos or hub of the universe he will direct his shining team even to the far Hesperides of Richmond or of Windsor. On the right, the god is seated on the omphalos, holding up his right hand.