The arena where wrestling and boxing matches took place.
Zeus' Temple
The Temple of Hera (Zeus' wife). The grass area that you can see in the photo is the site of where the torch was lit for the Games - there used to be an alter there. Today, the torch is still lit there at the start of every Olympic Games, even if not held in Athens.
The stadium where many of the Games took place. It held up to 46,000 people, but they sat on the grass as there were no seats.
Some of the boys decided to race at the stadium... Sage won!
Here is our victor with his olive branch crown!
This building used to house tools and was a workshop. When Greece fell under the control of the Roman Empire and converted to Christianity, the building was made into a church.
This is where the cheaters of the Games had their names posted for all visitors to see; the wall of shame! There were 16 statues of Zeus where the cheaters' names were engraved on his statues posts.
Directly across was the wall of fame!
Inside the Olympian Museum...
There were many great monuments, but one that I thought was especially great was a statue of Hermes, which is what Michelangleo's David is modeled after.
There was also a statue of Marcus Aurelius (from the Gladiator movie!!)
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like it is a bit cooler on this day.
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