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Acropolis- a hill that has never rested. Either in its glories or during destructions, the sacred rock and its remarkable structures went down in history reminding us the uppermost level of human creativity. An epigrammatic reference to the successive transitions-uses of the rock, which went down in history as the Sacred rock, would be as...
After so many centuries, the orchestra and the first rows of the theatre of Dionysus, a monument dedicated to the God of the grapevine and the protector of figurative art, are still in their place. Tragic and comic poets presented their everlasting works on these stones by taking part in the theatrical competitions, which were organized during...
The Athenians had chosen the rocky hill to the northwest of the Acropolis to adjudicate offences. Its name probably derives either from the ῾Ares Erinyes᾽, who were chthonic deities of punishment and revenge, or from Ares, who stood trial and was acquitted by the court of the gods for the case of the murder of Halirrhothius, son of...
To the southeast of the Acropolis, next to Ilissos River stand 15 imposing columns of Corinthian order. That's what is left of the gigantic temple dedicated to the Olympian Zeus. According to Pausanias, the temple was founded in the honor of Zeus as a benedictine gift for the salvation from the inundation of Deucalion, who was buried near the...
The Ancient Agora, as indicated by its name, was the place that gathered crowds of Athenians for their purchases, discussions and philosophy.Nowadays, it is a wonderful archeological site where lush trails tour you around the remains of the Odeon, the Arcade of Attalos, Tholo where the rulers of the city met, the Temple of Hephaestus and many...
It could be characterized as the first trading center of antiquity and is a remnant of the Roman period of the city.After the request of the Athenians and with the donations of Julius Caesar and Augustus, the Roman Agora was built in 19-11 BC, which, although it was independent from the Ancient Agora, was created in a same structure combining...
In antiquity, to the northwest of the city of Athens was one of the largest attic municipalities, the municipality of Kerameon, which was named after the ceramists, who had their workshops there, taking advantage of the clayey banks of the small river, Eridanos.The area was the main place of production of the famous attic vases, but due to the...
On the brick of the shore and surrounded by the sea stand the remains of the temple of Poseidon at the Cape of Sounio.An ideal place to honor the god of the sea since its location rises steeply above the sea with a magnificent view to the endless blue of the Aegean Sea and the wonderful sunset.The archaic period seems to be the heyday of the...
Eleusis as one of the Holy cities of antiquity is a matter of course to have a significant archaeological site.The myth of Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, who was taken by the god of the underworld Hades, is associated with Eleusis.The sanctuary of Eleusis was one of the most important devotional centers of the ancient world, where the...
One of the oldest and most venerable shrines was located on the eastern coast of Attica, in Vravrona, in a small valley surrounded by low hills and the sea, between Erasinos, a torrent flowing even today.This is the place of worship of the Vravronia Artemis and Iphigenia, goddesses of childbirth and children, patronesses of women’s fertility...
