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Our Trail GREECE ATHENS-OLYMPIA Our Trail: Athens-Olympia Our path begins from Athens, the capital and the largest city of Greece to Olympia, a sancturary of Ancient Greece. During our trip we are going to pass from many cities which have left their own mark in greek and global history.These cities are Athens, Eleusina , Korinthos , Nemea , Mycenae , Tegea and Ancient Olympia. Also we will meet many well-known monuments like the Parthenon and the Panathenaic Stadium. Additional fauna and flora is remarkable. At the mountainous part of the path there is a multidude of wild animals and a rich vegetation which consists of trees, bushes and growing plants. Athens- Parthenon Athens is the capital and the largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years. The Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the maiden goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patron deity. Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although decoration of the building continued until 432 BC. It is the most important surviving building of Classical Greece, generally considered the culmination of the development of the Doric order. Its decorative sculptures are considered some of the high points of Greek art. The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of Ancient Greece, Athenian democracy, western civilization and one of the world's greatest cultural monuments. The Greek Ministry of Culture is currently carrying out a program of selective restoration and reconstruction to ensure the stability of the partially ruined structure. Panathenaic Stadium The Panathenaic Stadium or Panathinaiko, also known as the Kallimarmaro (meaning the "beautifully marbled"), is a multipurpose stadium used for several events and athletics in Athens that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Reconstructed from the remains of an ancient Greek stadium, the Panathenaic is the only major stadium in the world built entirely of white marble (from Mount Penteli ) and is one of the oldest in the world. In ancient times, the stadium on this site was used to host the athletic portion of the Panathenaic Games, in honor of the Goddess Athena. During classical times, it had wooden seating. In 329 BC it was rebuilt in marble by the archon Lycurgus and in 140 AD was enlarged and renovated by Herodes Atticus, giving a seated capacity of 50,000 Eleusis Eleusis is a town and municipality in West Attica, Greece. It is situated about 18 km northwest from the centre of Athens. It is best known for having been the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries, one of the most famous religious events of the ancient Greek religion,and the birthplace of Aeschylus, one of the three great tragedians of antiquity. Today Eleusis is a major industrial center, with the largest oil refinery in Greece.T he archaeological Site in the town of Elefsina is one of the most important in Greece It is the place where the Eleusian mysteries were held. The Eleusinian Mysteries were initiation ceremonies held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at Eleusis (Elefsina) in ancient Greece. Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient times, these were held to be the ones of greatest importance. These myths and mysteries, begun in the Mycenaean period (c. 1600 BC) and lasting two thousand years, were a major festival during the Hellenic era and the Roman times. The Temple of Apollo The temple of Apollo, is archaic temple in Ancient Corinth built with monolithic Doric columns. Of the 40 that existed survives today only seven standing prominently above the ruins of the ancient agora. The temple was built in 530 BC about. To support the roof and interior columns were along quite large in size alcove, which was divided into two rooms and also in the vestibule and opisthodomos they had in their front every two columns in antis. The temple is a registered trademark of Corinth. Nemea Nemea is an ancient site in the northeastern part of thePeloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae in Argolis, it is today situated in the regional unit of Corinthia. The small village of Archaia Nemea is immediately southwest of the archaeological site, while the new town of Nemea lies to the west. This is an amforeas created in approximately 530 BC.In the front of the vase presented the controversy of Hercules and the Lion of Nemea. In Greek mythology, the lion of Nemea was a terrible lion that lived in a cave on the mountain top and devouring animals and humans. Hercules found it and after heavy fighting he killed it. That was one of the many athlous of Hercules. Mycenae Mycenae is an archaeological site in Greece, located about 90 kilometres (56 miles) southwest of Athens, in the north-eastern Peloponnese. From the hill on which the palace was located, one can see across the Argolid to the Saronic Gulf.In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centres of Greek civilization, a military stronghold which dominated much of southern Greece. The period of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about 1100 BC is called Mycenaean in reference to Mycenae. The Lion Gate was the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae, southern Greece. It was erected during the 13th century BC in the northwest side of the acropolis and is named after the relief sculpture of two lionesses in a heraldic pose that stands above the entrance.The Lion Gate is the sole surviving monumental piece of Mycenaean sculpture,as well as the largest sculpture in the prehistoric Aegean Tegea Tegea was a settlement in ancient Greece, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit.Its seat was the village Stadio.Head of the goddess Hygeia is an ancient Greek sculpture found in 1900 or 1901 in the French excavations in Tegea.An not sure, probably was part of the statue that has been lost. But it sure was built by the ancient Greek sculptor Scopas and built in the 4th century BC.The temple of Athena Alea at Tegea were and are the oldest of all. According to legend Aleos , son unsparingness had founded this Church , and from this temple took the view name. The temple was burned in 394 BC and rebuilt in the architectural supervision of the sculptor Scopas.The new temple was Doric and was superior to all the temples Peloponnese at the time. BASSAE-EPICURIAN APOLLO Bassae is an archaeological site in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece. In classical antiquity, it was part of Arcadia. Bassae lies near the village of Skliros, northeast of Figaleia, south of Andritsaina and west of Megalopolis. It is famous for the wellpreserved mid- to late-5th century BCE Temple of Apollo Epicurius.Although this temple is geographically remote from major polities of ancient Greece, it is one of the most studied ancient Greek temples because of its multitude of unusual features. Bassae was the first Greek site to be inscribed on the World Heritage List(1986). Its construction is placed between 450 BCE and 400 BCE. Ancient Olympia Olympia, a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, the most famous games in history. The Olympic Games were held every four years throughout Classical Antiquity, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. The first Olympic Games were in honor of Zeus. The Temple of Zeus at Olympia was an ancient Greek temple in Olympia, Greece, dedicated to the main and most powerful god, Zeus. The temple, built between 472 and 456 BC, was the very model of the fully developed classical Greek temple of the Doric order. Hermes of Praxiteles Hermes and the Infant Dionysos, also known as the Hermes of Praxiteles or the Hermes of Olympia is an ancient Greek sculpture of Hermes and the infant Dionysus discovered in 1877 in the ruins of the Temple of Hera at Olympia. It is displayed at theArchaeological Museum of Olympia. It is traditionally attributed to Praxiteles and dated to the 4th century BC, based on a remark by the 2nd century Greek traveller Pausanias, and has made a major contribution to the definition of Praxitelean style. Its attribution is, however, the object of fierce controversy among art historians.