Ancient Agora and The Acropolis

An amazing journey back 3000 years! Started at the Ancient Agora, the historical Athenian city square, marketplace, government seat, court, and just about everything else. The first few are pics of the whole, the Stoa, and Temple of Hephaestus. For philosophers, the Agora is most famous as the place that Socrates did his most bothersome work as a gadfly, so much so that they put him to death (!). Later, at dusk, I finally made my way to The Acropolis. Just no way the pictures could do justice to The Acropolis itself or to its views. Here are some pics of the Propylaea (the Gate), Temple of Athena Nike, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, the Erechtheion with its famous columns, and of course the Parthenon.Read more