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Thought to be a stone that Zeus had used to mark the center of the Earth, the Navelstone was a religious relic kept at Delphi, and the Greeks considered it enormously sacred. Apollo allows Orestes to touch the Navelstone, despite the fact that he is still covered in his mother’s blood—this is a testament to the god’s faith in and affection for the young man.