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Sunday, December 21, 2014

A daywalk in Ancient Athens

The ruins of the temple of Olympian Zeus

The theater of Dionysus
The world's oldest western theater.


The Philopappos monument

Erechteion on Akropolis

The Caryatids in the front of the Erechtheion in Akropolis.
Erechtheus was according to the myths the first King of Athens.


The Caryatids from a different perspective.



Monastiraki square.

Part of the Emperor Hadrian's library





The temple of Hephaestus. Perhaps the best preserved ancient Greek temple in modern Greece.











The stoa of Attalus







The temple of Hepahestus in the Ancient Agora




The Lycabettus hill. Along with the Akropolis they are the two prominent hills of Athens.