Next stop Chaeronea
Alexander the Great was here!
That lion is big.
Author: Michael W Jackson
From Delphi to eternity
Delphi has to be seen.
Ethereal and eerie.
Get me to the church on time! The Athens Metro
“I’d use public transport if the wait was never more than eight minutes.” I used to say this based on experiences in Amsterdam. I have a new standard now: two minutes.
The cry of every commuter.
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The Slippery Slope
Areopagos
School’s out!
Finding the Lyceum. Maybe.
Searching for Mr Aristotle
The above image of Aristotle is the wallpaper on my hand held computer-telephone such is my allegiance to The Philosopher, as Thomas Hobbes called him.
Agora! Agora! Agora!
The Stoa is a mall but Visa was not accepted.
Socrates was a gadfly on the rump of Athens, usually in the Agora.
It had to be you … Melos
Who were the Melians? Do the Kykladic figures play a role in any answer?
Thucydides sent me to Melos. Mission accomplished, Hegemon.
Yes, we have no tomatoes!
Syssitia is not symposia, just remember that.
When in Athens eat as the Ancient Athenians did.
Acropolis Now!
I am just glad to have seen the replica in Nashville (see August 2007) to have an idea what the real thing might have looked like.
Wasn’t that the title of some tedious television series about pizza delivery, or am I thinking of West Wing?
My Big Fat Greek Trip
Bleaders unite! You have nothing to lose. Really.