Ancient Agora

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Today was our last full day in Athens. We visited the Ancient Agora below the Acropolis first. We saw this ancient marketplace and then made our way up to the Temple of Hephaestus. This temple was a practice run for the Greeks to make sure they could build the Parthenon correctly. You’ll see the similarities between these two buildings. Then we made our way into the museum which was inside the Stoa of Attalos, a new building in the form of the original.

After lunch, we made our way through the Roman Agora, which is smaller than the Ancient Agora. After this we had the rest of the afternoon free. A few of us spent our time visiting the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. We had very little time in this museum so we dashed about taking as many pictures as possible. The two big items we saw were the Artemision Bronze statue of either Zeus or Poseidon and the death mask of Agamemnon.

After walking back to the hotel, I made one more round through the streets of Athens and then it was dinner. My last picture will be of the Parthenon at night. Only one picture came out clear.

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Photos

Child's Commode
Early 6th century B.C.

Different View
notice the Acropolis

Stoa of Attalos
just another view

Terracotta Toy
Horse of Wheels - 4th century A.D.

Archaeologists Working
- notice the well.

Picture of Stathis
our tour guide through Greece

Gold Death-Mask of Agamemnon
16th century B.C.

Artemision Bronze
- Often called God of the Sea - 460 B.C.

Bronze statue
of a horse and young jockey

Passed by this
while walking home and didn't buy any.