Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
One of the places St. Paul preached in Athens. Centuries of traffic have worn the stone to glass-like slickness. | |
Breccia on the Acropolis. | |
Odeaon with Philopappus Hill beyond. |
The Propyleia is a massive monumental entrance to the Acropolis. The fact that you have to look up to see it makes it all the more impressive. | |
Reconstruction of the Acropolis at its height. | |
Reconstruction after the Great Turco-Venetian Renovation of 1687, when a Venetian cannonball set off the powder magazine the Turks stored inside. | |
Plaque honoring Greek Resistance fighters who hauled down the German flag on the Acropolis in World War II and hoisted the Greek flag, and were shot. | |
Angel on the front face, recalling the Pathenon's time as a Christian church. | |
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Also cannoballs and bullets. | |
Blocks were held with iron brackets, then sealed with lead. | |
By 2013, raet of the end had been disassembled again and the peak was being assembled. | |
View from the Temple of Olympian Zeus. | |
Temple famous for its portico with the roof supported by six maidens. When Lord Elgin removed one for the British Museum (still a sore spot with Greece), the other maidens are supposed to have wept for their kidnapped sister. | The maidens faced a worse threat than Lord Elgin: acid rain. They may still weep but they now do it indoors, and copies take their place. |
Quite possibly the most downright cute temple of antiquity. It had been completely dismantled for use in fortic=fications before being reassembled.
Theater of Dionysius. | |
A column segment. | |
Above: Temple of Olympian Zeus, from the Acropolis Left: The first modern Olympic stadium |
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Left: Lykabettos Hill. | |
Left: Paving stone showing sockets for metal joiners. | |
Left: At any given time, a large part of Europe is encased in scaffolding. Below: views of Athens |
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Where some of the Glory That Was Greece ended up, in fortifications against barbarian invasions. |
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Created 25 October 2018, Last Update 03 June 2020