Greece - Athens - Day 2

After Day 1's abortive assault on the Acropolis, let's have another go.

U2 ain't what they used to be. And there's something to be said about that!

Mary and Jesus. I think they are in a band, too.
A bunch of columns. You had better like this sort of stuff 'cos we are going to see a lot more of it.
Temple of Hephaistos. Doric, peripteral, with a pronaos and opisthodomos apparently.
Theatre of Herodes Atticus.
Propylaea, which just means 'gateway'.
Me standing in front of the Parthenon which is dedicated to Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom, who probably wouldn't have approved.
The front bit of the Parthenon. Part of this building and some others, the Elgin Marbles, are currently in the British Museum, much to the chargin of the Greeks. To be fair, though, Elgin got hold of these at a time when anything could have happened to them and, it could be argued that it's better to gain your independence than to lose your marbles.

Moving right along, Kim, also by the Parthenon.
Theatre of Dionysus. Dedicated to the God of Binge-Drinking. And get this all you 'responsible drinking' muppets, "Dionysus represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficial influences. He is viewed as the promoter of civilization". Seems if he had promoted civilisation a little harder, we wouldn't have all these killjoys around today.
Elgin, it seems, missed a bit.
View over the city where we were yesterday. That's the Olympic Stadium to the upper left and Zeus' Temple and Hadrian's Arch just to right of centre.
The Erechtheum, which was a collection of tombs and temples - and, ha, sounds a bit like 'Erectum'. These chicks must have a blinder of a headache by now.
Another bit of the Erechtheum.
No wonder the whiole site looks half built. It is!
Did I mention that it is somebody's birthday?
Good time for posh grub.