Yesterday we went for a long walk down towards the south side of the acropolis.





We went by the Temple of the Olympian Zeus, a huge place, 110 m. x 44 m. - the largest Corintian order marble temple in Greece, but not very well developed from a signage and touristic point of view. Only of few of the columns remain standing. The thing was under construction from the Archaic period to the Roman period - some six hundred years.





Originally it had had Ionic capitals, but some Roman re-builder changed them over for Corinthians.

By the end of the walk we made it all the way around the Acropolis, stopping for lunch in Plaka on the way back. About a four hour walk. That was nice. Patrick and Charlotte won't often tolerate such a long walk.

There's a very good archaeological guide book to Athens, Attica and the Megarid by an archaeologist Hans Rupprecht Goette which we don't have yet. For those reading this who wish to look a little further (and maybe prepare yourselves for coming to visit?), the American School has put more than a score of short guide books and Athenian Agora Picture Books online free of charge!