Athens November 2022

First view of the Acropolis - the building is the Temple of Athena Nike

Odeon of Herodes Atticus (Roman theatre at the Acropolis)

Athens from the Acropolis

The Parthenon

View of Odeon of Herodes Atticus and Athens from the Acropolis

View of Mount Lycabettus from the Acropolis

Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus

Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus

Sanctuary of Zeus Polieus

Odeon of Herodes Atticus at ground level

There are stray cats everywhere in Athens :-)

Piraeus - the ancient and modern port of Athens

There are many beautiful Greek Orthodox churches in Athens.

Inside the Athens War Museum

Personal weapons of Georgios Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece

Tomb of the unknown soldier

Guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier

The commanding officer at the tomb of the unknown soldier. He looks happy - he doesn't have to stand rigidly to attention unlike the two guards.

Hadrian's Gate

Hadrian's Gate

Tortoise making the most of the winter sunshine.

Roman Agora. This was the public meeting place and assembly area.

Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes, or "Tower of the Winds" at the Roman Agora

Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes, or "Tower of the Winds" at the Roman Agora

General view of the Roman Agora.

Ancient toilets! Water ran in the channel and drained into the local sewer.

Gate of Athena Archegetis. The entrance to the Roman Agora.

The Panathenaic stadium. This is a reconstruction of the original, the site of the ancient Olympic Games.

Museum at the modern reconstruction of the Stoa of Attalos, in the Ancient Agora of Athens. Not to be confused with the later Roman Agora.

Museum exhibit at the Stoa of Attalos

Tragic mask

Church of the Holy Apostles

General view of the Ancient Agora

The Temple of Hephaestus at the Ancient Agora

Socrates and... Confucius?!

View of the Acropolis from the Ancient Agora

Temple of Hephaestus

The Labours of Hercules depicted in the Temple of Hephaestus

This was one of the busier tourist attractions. Even so, in late November there are relatively few people around.

Athens at dusk from Mount Lycabettus. There's a cable car to the top.

Dusk at Mount Lycabettus.

Dusk at Mount Lycabettus.

Dusk at Mount Lycabettus.

Sunset over Athens from Mount Lycabettus.

Nightfall from Mount Lycabettus.

These are all from the National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Gold funerary items.

This bronze horse and its child jockey were retrieved in remarkable condition from an ancient shipwreck.

Tomb memorial to a lady who died in childbirth. Her husband is beside her and (presumably) the midwife also.

Philosophers

This is either Zeus or Poseidon.