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Published: June 29th 2011
June 27th 2011
June 27th 2011
Hello again! In my attempt to be a little timely with my posts, I’ll try to write up the points of interest from the past week, including time at Voidokilia, participation in the St. John’s Day festival, and an absolutely spectacular visit to the archaeological site and museum of Olympia. I also realized that I managed to forget to upload (like that chain of verbs there?) the pictures from o... Read Full Entry
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Olympic Racetrack 4
Probably the only time I've been in that position at a racetrack in my life.
Olympia 16
Some of the ruins of the Temple of Zeus, with the one column they restored in 2000 in the background.
Olympia 17
A view from inside Phidias' (famous ancient sculptor; look him up) Workshop, which was converted into a Byzantine church.
Olympia 18
A better view of the church ruins
Olympia 19
Some of the wall architecture on one of the buildings at Olympia
Augustus & Me
One copy of many of the statue of Augustus that he sent around the empire
Pediment 1
There will be many pictures of various parts of this... but this is a close-up from one of the pediments on the Temple of Zeus, depicting the war with the centaurs.
Pediment 2
A wide view of part of the other pediment, depicting Zeus in the middle of two heroic chariot teams
Pediment 3
A close-up on Zeus' body... which would have been so far up that no one could have seen it, but it was carved like this anyway.
Pediment 4
A wider view of the war with the centaurs, with Apollo in the middle
Nike
The statue of Nike, which stood on a huge pedestal
Olympia Museum 1
Zeus and Ganymede
Olympia Museum 2
Bronze helmet
Olympia Museum 3
Very famous statue of Hermes holding the baby Dionysus... it was powerful in person.
Olympia Museum 4
Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Olympia Museum 6
Beautiful statue of a female relative of Marcus Aurelius, I think
Olympia Museum 7
Statue of the emperor Hadrian (yes, the one with the wall)
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