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| TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD! - Europe & Asia: Greece & Turkey |
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| The Parthenon is built in Athens, Greece , as a temple of the goddess Athena (447- 432 B.C.). Ictinus and Callicrates are the architects and Phidias is responsable for the sculpture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Athens, GREECE - The Caryatids: Statues of young women clad in peplos. They supported the roof of the south porch of the Erechtheion, and probably were the work of Alkamenes, a student of the great sculptor Pheidias. Dated to ca. 420 B.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thessalia/Meteora, GREECE - Varlaam Monastery: A footbridge and a stairway lead up to the monastery which is perched above a ravine up which visitors and provisions used to be hosted by the machinery in the winch tower (16C). It was founded in 1518 by two brothers, from a rich family called Aparas, on the site of a 14C cenobitic hermitage established by a monk named Barlaam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ruins of Olympia, GREECE - The site of the ancient Olympian games was a sanctuary consisting of temples and buildings to honor the mythological gods of ancient Greece. The Stadium has a lenght of 212.54m and a width of 28.50m. It held 45,000 spectators. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Statue of Zeus (Jupiter) at Olumpia/one of the Seven Wonders of the World: The work of Phidias (5th century B.C.), this colossal figure in gold and ivory was reputedly 40 ft. high. All trace of it is lost, except for reproductions on coins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mandraki Harbor, Rhodes Island, GREECE - Colossus at Rhodes/one of the Seven Wonders of the World: This bronze statue of Helios (Apollo), about 105 ft. high, was the work of the sculptor Chares, who reputedly labored for 12 years before completing it in 280 B.C. It was destroyed during an earthquake in 224 B.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CELSUS LIBRARY, EPHESUS, TURKEY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| HAGHIA SOPHIA, ISTANBUL, TURKEY / Famous Cathedral of St. Sophia, style Byzantine, built in 532-537, 184 ft. or 56 m. Today, it's a museum. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mykonos Island, GREECE - Windmill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Temple of Artemis (Diana) at Ephesus/one of the Seven Wonders of the World: A beautiful structure, begun about 350 B.C., in honor of a non-Hellenic goddess who later became identified with the Greek goddess of the same name. The temple, with Ionic columns 60 ft. high, was destroyed by invading Goths in A.D. 262. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kusadasi, TURKEY - Royal Olympic Cruises/Olympic Countess |
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| Greece and Turkey, Olympian Voyage (Sept.1998): Greece: Athens, Kalambaka/Meteora , Delphi, Olympia, Patras, Nauplie, Mycenae, Epidaurus; Greece Isles: Santorini, Crete, Rhodes, Patmos, Mykonos; Turkey: Kusadasi, Ephesus, Istanbul. |
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