well, I'm back

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And in my version of the Odyssey, which took ONLY 30 hours and had a mistake which bumped me to first-class for the transatlantic flight as well as the more predictable nightmarish disasters of travel-snafu in customs, NYC, and LAX (evil, evil, EVIL, it is pure evil), the cat that was waiting for me commenced unravelling the furniture only after I returned home.

So. Um.

It's going to take weeks for me to unload my diary, get all my pictures together, and make a gorgeous Website of "My" Greece (Chris Downing refers to "her" Greece) so it may never happen, since Round Tuits don't grow on trees.

In the meantime, as long as I'm riding the Jetlag Haze which has blown my time sense all to hell, here's pics.




My Ariadne imitation on Naxos



Athens
The Acropolis. New, Improved With Scaffolding!
The Parthenon
Temple of Hephaistos, much better-preserved since It was not used as an ammo dump
Theater of Dionysos where all the ancient tragedies we read were performed
Theater of Dionysos2

From Acropolis Museum:
Athena from old temple (predecessor of Parthenon)
Kore (a kore is an archaic statue of a maiden or goddess, often regarded as Persephone)
Kritios Boy, late kouros
Excerpt from Parthenon frieze
The Mourning Athena Relief
From National Museum:
Cycladic Musicians (very old, c. 2000 BC, pre-Greek form of art common in islands)
So-called gold "Mask of Agammennon", found in grave at Mycenae
Mycenaean Warriors Vaseabout the time of the Trojan war, these fellows represent a war-band like those in the Iliad heading out to battle while a wife waves goodbye
typical Minoan vases found at Mycenae
Marathon Boy
Bronze Zeus
Marble Poseidon
Mounted Breeze from sanctuary of Aslepius
Grave stele of two children who died at same time, sister shown playing with little brother
Another grave stele.
Classical head of Athene
Diadoumenos, an athlete typing a ribbon of victory on his head
Close-up of Diadoumenos' face
Aphrodite
Hellenistic group: Aphrodite whopping Pan with sandal

Delphi - Mountain paradise, ancient oracle
Sanctuary of Apollo on Mount Parnassos
Overview of Sanctuary of Apollo
Sanctuary of Athene, tholos
From Museum:
Late archaic frieze from Siphnian Treasury, close-up showing Apollo and Artemis fighting giants (notice missing legs-originally they were painted on, since ALL Greek sculpture/architecture was painted)
Apollo vase

Nauplion- Medieval Town
Harbor
fortress behind my hotel
fortress2

Island of Delos -sanctuary of Apollo, major Hellenistic port and town
Ruined house
Ruined city
Ruined city2
Ruined city3
From the museum:
Sculpture Gallery
Delian Artemis statue

Island of Mykonos, modern tourist trap
Pierre the Pelican
Mykonos typical street
Looking back at town from hotel
Mykonos Church
Ferry from Delos to Mykonos
... which nearly ran into the ferry we took the next day OFF of Mykonos

Naxos & Santorini
Ariadne imitation again, on Naxos
Monumental marble doorway of ancient templed plundered of marble to build parts of town of Naxos.

Thera Fresco
Thera swallow vase
Santorini and modern volcano

Comments

[aerynvale.livejournal.com]

So much cool stuff!! It sounds like you really had an amazing time.

Glad to hear you're back safe and sound, though. Can't wait to hear about the rest of your adventures. :)

[akycha.livejournal.com]

Your top picture is of blue sky only. It's very peaceful, but doesn't seem to match your description...?

I am very glad you are back! I would call, but I am afraid you might be sleeping, and sleep is precious after jet lag. Call me when you can. :)

It sounds like a wonderful trip. We got your card on Saturday!

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

Wow. Wow wow. Also wow.

[-------rook.livejournal.com]

Welcome back, Ariadne! :)

These are perfect. Just perfect.

Next stop for the bird: GREECE. Wow.