Part Two

Mycenae

Driving Photo - first glimpse of this site.

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Wall

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Lion's Gate

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Lion's Gate

Detail

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Granary

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Granary

Detail

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Olive Trees

Olea europaea - seen from the walk below where the palace existed.

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Lower City

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Tomb of Clytemnestra

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Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

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Lower City

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Tomb Circle

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Tomb Circle

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Tour Buses

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The Palace

I wish there was more of the palace left besides some of the foundation stones.

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Tomb of Agamenon

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Ceiling

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Chamber

A side chamber off the major interior structure.

Tomb of Agamenon, Mycenae, Peloponnese, Greece, April 25, 2026

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Mycenae to Kalo Nero

Driving Photo - very nice highway.

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Tunnels

Driving Photo

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Tunnel

Driving Photo

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Tunnels

Driving Photo

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Tunnels

Driving Photo

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Wild Mustard

Driving Photo - Sinapis arvensis.

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Tsakona Arch Bridge

Driving Photo - bridges a large gorge.

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To Petrino Balkoni

Another of the small, local restaurants off the major highways that he selected for us.

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Cat

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Anchors & Buoys

Ionian Sea, Kalo Nero, Peloponnese, Greece, April 25, 2026

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Debbie

Ionian Sea, Kalo Nero, Peloponnese, Greece, April 25, 2026

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Oenothera

Oenothera speciosa

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Metaxaki

Lampranthus spectabilis

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Crown Daisy

Glebionis coronaria

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Shoreline

Ionian Sea, Kalo Nero, Peloponnese, Greece, April 25, 2026

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African Daisies

Osteospermum

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Common Poppy & Bunny Tail Grass

Papaver rhoeas & Lagurus ovatus

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Purple Milk Thistle

Galactites tormentosus

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Purple Milk Thistle

Galactites tormentosus

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Mercedes-Benz 207D

Produced from 1977 to 1995.

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Tolis

Tolis has the doors open so that the van won't be too hot when we finish our walk.

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Shrine

Driving Photo

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Shrine

Driving Photo

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Cemetery

Driving Photo

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Baba Yaga House

Driving Photo - In Slavic folklore, Baba Yaga symbolizes the dual forces of destruction and rebirth.  A spooky place that Tolis mentioned as we drove by.

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Hay

Driving Photo

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Shrine

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Shrine

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Shrine

Driving Photo - not being maintained.

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Holy Church of Saints Timothy and Maura

Driving Photo

Flokas, Peloponnese, Greece, April 25, 2026

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Hotel Pelops #14

A cozy, relatively small hotel.  The wife/owner is Australian.

Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece, April 25, 2026

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Street

Driving Photo - There was a motorcycle rally in progress, banner at the end of the street.

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Kronion Thermae

Olympia's historic site, compared to others is surprisingly located on flat ground.

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Olympia

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Gymnasion

The spelling comes from the information sign.

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Olympia

The historic site is very large.

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Olympia

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Olympia

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Olympia

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Olympia

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Olympia

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Olympia

Some restoration work.

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Olympia

Imagine what this looked like when there were columns on all the pedestals.

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South Baths

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Common Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

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South Baths

Another look from further away.

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Olympia

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Olympia

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Olympia

Massive blocks.

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Temple of Zeus

Ordered destroyed in 426 AD by Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II.

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Bouleyterion

Council house.

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Paeonios Victory Base

Surviving drawings depict a very nice pair of columns.

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Votive Monument of Ptolemy 2

Column

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Krypte

Stadium, Olympia, Peloponnese, Greece, April 26, 2026

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Stadium

It is estimated that as many as 45,000 spectators attended games here.

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Mallow Bindweed

Convolvulus althaeoides

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Metroon

Temple dedicated to the mother of the gods Rhea & Kybele.

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Nymphaion

This was a monumental fountain.

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Detail

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Detail

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Temple of Hera

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Temple of Hera

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Temple of Hera

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Philippeion

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Philippeion

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Judas Tree

Cercis siliquastrum

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Olympia

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Prytaneion

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Kronion Thermae

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Kronion Thermae

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Kronion Thermae

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Bronze Artifacts

These decorated the rim of large cauldrons.

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Bronze Cauldron

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Bronze Griffin

From a Corinthian workshop 630-620 BCE.

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Bronze Cauldron

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Bronze Artifacts

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Bronze Helmets

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Entablature

Treasury of the Megarians, Olympia Museum, Peloponnese, Greece, April 26, 2026

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Terracotta of Zeus & Ganymede

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Nike of Paeonios

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West Pediment

Thanks to historians for documenting how this feature of the temple looked.  This helps explain some what follows in the next two photos.

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West Pediment

Central figures restored as much as possible.

Temple of Zeus, Olympia Museum, Peloponnese, Greece, April 26, 2026

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