The Beauty of Ancient and Modern Greece in Photos
By Dallas Smith
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An amazing sculpture over two thousand years old.
Jumbo prawns.
Athens city as viewed from the Acropolis.
Mime posing on an Athens street near the Acropolis.
Ruins of the Parthenon.
Detail from one of the smaller structures on the Acropolis.
This is Greece’s best preserved temple structure that has survived mostly intact for two thousand years.
Today’s calamari, caught in the morning, to be consumed that evening.
Active fishing village.
Active fishing village.
Surrounding David’s house are orchards of very old olive trees.
Greek men enjoying the relaxed outdoor cafe ambience of Agios Nikolaos.
Ancient Byzantine church, over a thousand years old and quite neglected.
Imagine living in this landscape before roads were constructed.
Wall art from the interior of the Byzantine church
Every resident in the Mani has a great view of the Mediterranean Sea.
This mysterious man is inside the Byzantine church.
Relatively new graves of the grounds of a typical centuries-old Greek Orthodox church.
Athens
These women watch over the main corridor leading into the Acropolis Museum.
The Parthenon, with the scaffolding and repair cranes visible.