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TOUR OF THE EXCAVATION OF THE ORACLE AT DELPHI
Pythian Entrance to Temple of Apollo Delphi: Theater in foreground, with Temple of Apollo below, and Temple of Athena Pronaea at center in distance
View from Stage into Theater and Mountains View from approach to Oracle at Delphi
Stadium for Delphic Games Delphi: Temple of Athena Pronaea, with Temple of Apollo above, and Theater at center in distance
THE CHARIOTEER
TOUR OF THE NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AT DELPHI
Mykines era vase
Later era vase
TOUR OF THE EXCAVATION OF MYCENAE: MYTHICAL REALM OF AGAMEMNON?
Mykines: Main, North Gate, approaching the Lion Gate and the Guard House, with the glare of the sun up the steep hill to left Road to Lion Gate at top of mountain
Detail of Lion Gate Lentil Lion Gate Lentil
Cycloptic Wall & North Gate built into mountain c. 1700-1400 B.C.E.
By the time of the Classical Greeks, all history of the Mycenaeans had been replaced by a legend to explain these stones, which the Classical Greeks could not explain or duplicate. Legend told that the Titan Cyclopes had laid these stones in antiquity, before Zeus and the Gods conquered the Titans and created Man.
TOUR OF THE EXCAVATION OF MYCENAE: MYTHICAL REALM OF AGAMEMNON?
View of narrow roadway South Gate South Gate as an example of a lentil which looks like a much later era Roman Arch
Foundation of Burial Temple uncovered by Schliemann in 19th c. after excavating Troy. Upon uncovering the tomb and finding large quantities of gold pounded into elaborate funerary masks, Schliemann cabled the King of Greece to report that he had looked upon the face of Agamemnon. The view from Agamemnon's bedroom, unrivaled anywhere by any remote contemporary, this structure was not merely a temple or monument, but the pinnacle of a governmental system. Looking through the since collapsed wall of the guest rooms to view the throne room at right and the royal chambers, with alter, at left. Guests would enter from the right. Regardless of the truth of the fable of Orestes fleeing south after committing matricide to avenge Clymestra's killing of his father, these steps lead down the south face from the royal chambers (at the top left) through narrow, easily defended lanes between large foundations (likely supporting large buildings) to the South Gate. View of narrow roadway
Subsequent excavation suggests the remains are too old to be the no longer mythical Agamemnon, whose remains were more likely reposed at the beehive domed Treasury of Atreas not quite visible in the distant background. Sheryl examines the ruins in the near background. Entry to Agamemnon's Family Burial Site, the Treasury of Atreas, with two beehive domes behind a stress relieving triangle above the entry lentil. Found a few hundred meters down road from ancient city. Returning to North Gate Lion Head lentil from opposite side, showing weight of structure and easy defense for weapons available long after Classical Greece. This structure had to impress a 14th c. B.C.E. visitor, with its concentric, thin, stone walls at the base of the city below the shops and homes and just inside the Lion's Gate.
TOUR OF THE NATIONAL ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF ATHENS
Questions, Curiosities & Tidbits
Does this look like Rodin's Walking Man?
Was Rodin duplicating the human form, of which he was later vindicated, or
was he just stealing Greek art?
Discus Thrower Wrestlers
Market Day Hadrian & Antonius Romantic Love?
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