Acropolis means high point of the city.
So the acropolis is the big hill, and the temples on the acropolis were all
for Athena, the goddess of the city.
Great shot
of the back of the Parthenon. The name means virgin, because Athena
was one.
These are reproduction chickie columns.
The originals are behind glass in the museum on the other side of the
Acropolis.
Our guide stressed that these ruins
were being restored -- put back together slowly using only the original
parts.
(But then how do you explain the
reproduction chickie columns?)
It was darned hot up there. Our
guide droned on and on about who knows what while my brain cells just
exploded.
There is a great reconstruction of this
roofline in the museum.
Temple of Athena, next to the
Parthenon.
Our ship's photographer was there, and
we got a picture taken of the two of us with this as the background.
Acropolis Museum
"Hello. How you doing?"
Front shot of a dog.
The pointy red shoes were unusual
enough to be noted in the description posted on the wall.
Part of a horsey.
Here is that miniature reconstruction
of the roofline of the Parthenon, mentioned earlier.
Here are a couple of the original
chickie columns from the Temple of Athena.
