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Syntagma, Plaka and Monastiraki    Acropolis   Acropolis Museum    Archaeological Museum   Athens Views

Syntagma, Plaka and Monastiraki    Acropolis   Acropolis Museum    Archaeological Museum   Athens Views

Athens - The Acropolis Museum

Escaping  Ithaki and following the tourist trail

If you are easily amazed then your mouth will be continuously agape as you walk through the Museum at the Acropolis.  Fantastic pieces, once attached to the Acropolis are on Exhibition here.  For more information than you can get in a tourist leaflet or booklet, gate crash a tour group to get all the facts and information on certain pieces in the exhibition. The group leaders have it all down pat. Did you know the reason that athletes performed naked was due to the fact that athletes had to be perfect specimens... and that Jews wanting to participate in the Games attempted to have their circumcision reversed?  The reason for nudity? Being naked would show any scars that would disqualify an athlete from participating in the games. The pieces exhibited in the Acropolis Museum have been de-tarred of traffic pollution.  Photographs show their deteriorated state pre-restoration if you are interested in just how much city pollution can effect stone and marble over the period of modern life in Athens.



The

Acropolis


Opulence and

magnificence are evident in the intricate detail of the sculptures with which the Acropolis was endowed.

August 2005

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