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| See that little church in the distance? We thought we could get to it through this park-lookin' area... |
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| Wait...what is this place?? |
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| turns out it is the archaeological excavation of Aristotle's Lyceum |
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it is the ancient site of a gymnasium -
wrestling was a major activity there for boys and young men |
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Remember that little church? Well, this is as close as we got.
Never did find an entrance. |
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| as we walked further, through another gate, we discovered more items on display |
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| Chuck commented that he could imagine the tools used on these carvings |
None of these displays had any explanations, and we were the only ones in the park. We got to this large, abandoned home that turns out to be a villa of some sort, old but not ancient. We continued to walk until a nice man appeared to tell us that we were not supposed to be there.
Oops.
Then, we had quite a time trying to get out! All the gates were closed, and finally another man who was in a little guard shack helped us out. The gate was open when we went in, honest!
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| but wait...am I reading this wrong or was it supposed to be open? |
We really never know what we are going to come across on our walk-abouts! One of my profs said at the end of class, "Go out and be in Athens!" Well, we did that today, for sure!
1 comment:
Whoa! Cool places to just 'come across'! I'm glad you got out of the gated area!
That sentence about Aristotle's impact on Christendom speaks volumes... I see the his thoughts influencing the last two thousand years of Western civilization.
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