The 42.19 kilometer Marathon
Cool Runnings
There are seven things to see at Marathon, but they are too far apart to do on foot.
Bema there, done that!
I stood where Pericles stood.
The Pnyx had no tourists but us.
Bury my heart at … Kerameikos
We have been to Wounded Knee in Wyoming. I have a dream catcher to prove it.
The Cimetière du Père-Lachaise of Ancient Athens
Alexander the Great was here!
That lion is big.
Next stop Chaeronea
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.