Midsummer Musings

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June 27th 2011

Published: June 29th 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 15

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

Olympia 20

Olympia 21

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.