1 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — Λόρδος Βύρων / Lord Byron — Walking with the Philhellenes —

Λόρδος Βύρων 1788–1824 Ο Τζωρτζ Γκόρντον Νόελ . . . — — Map (db m312441) HM

2 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina, Plaka — Λόρδος Βύρων / Lord Byron — Walking with the Philhellenes —

Λόρδος Βύρων 1788–1824 Ο Τζωρτζ Γκόρντον Νόελ . . . — — Map (db m312454) HM

3 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina, Plaka — Μνημείο Λυσικράτη — Monument of Lysikrates —

Μνημείο Λυσικράτη Πρόκειται για χορηγικό . . . — — Map (db m312446) HM

4 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina, Plaka — Μνημείο Λυσικράτη — Monument of Lysikrates —

Μνημείο Λυσικράτη Τούτο το μνημείον η . . . — — Map (db m312447) HM

5 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — Ντ. Γουέμπστερ / Daniel Webster — Walking with the Philhellenes —

Ντάνιελ Γουέμπστερ 1782–1852 Ο Ντάνιελ Γουέμπστερ . . . — — Map (db m312455) HM

6 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina, Plaka — Πέρσυ Σέλλεϋ / Percy Bysshe Shelley — Walking with the Philhellenes —

Πέρσυ Σέλλεϋ 1792–1822 «Είμαστε όλοι Έλληνες!» . . . — — Map (db m312450) HM

7 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — The Acropolis of Athens — [UNESCO World Heritage Site] —

[Marker text printed in both Greek and English scripts:] The Acropolis and its monuments, universal symbols of the classical spirit and culture, form the greatest architectural and artistic whole that Greek Antiquity has bequeathed to . . . — — Map (db m43648) HM

8 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — The Area South of the Ancient Agora —

Η ΠΕΡΙΟΧΜ ΝΟΤΙΩΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΑΣ ΑΓΟΡΑΣ (Text in Greek on the left side. To read it . . . — — Map (db m126109) HM

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9 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — Areopagus Hill —

[Left columns - text in Greek] [Right columns - text in English] The Areopagus, a rocky outcrop approximately 115 m. high is situated between three other hills, the Acropolis, the Pnyx, and the Kolonos Agoraios. Its name . . . — — Map (db m47716) HM

10 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — Church of the Holy Apostles (ca. A.D. 1000) —

ΝΑΟΣ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΙΟΝ ΑΠΟΣΤΟΛΩΝ (περίπου 1000 μ.Χ.) (Text in Greek on the left side. To read . . . — — Map (db m126138) HM

11 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — The Erechtheion —

English Text: The elegant building of the Ionic order is called, according to later literary sources, Erechtheion from the name of Erechtheus, the mythical king of Athens. The construction started before the outbreak of the . . . — — Map (db m85173) HM

12 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina, Zappio — Hadrian’s Arch — Η Πύλη του Αδριανού —

Η Πύλη του Αδριανού Το 131–132 μ.Χ. ιδρύθηκε από τους . . . — — Map (db m312439) HM

13 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — Odeion of Agrippa and Gymnasium or "Palace of the Giants" —

ΩΛΕΙΟ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΡΙΠΠΑ ΚΑΙ ΓΥΜΝΑΣΙΟ Ή "ΑΝΑΚΤΟΡΟ ΤΩΝ . . . — — Map (db m126134) HM

14 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — The "Old Temple" of Athena —

The large Archaic temple to the south of the Erechtheion, which today preserves only its foundations, was called the "Old Temple" according to epigraphic evidence. Dedicated to Athena Polias, the patron deity of the city, it housed the . . . — — Map (db m85232) HM

15 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — The Parthenon —

English Text The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to Athena Parthenos (Virgin). It is built in the Doric order and made of white Pentelic marble with a width of 30.86 meters, a length of 69.51 meters and a height of 15 meters. It has an . . . — — Map (db m85214) HM

16 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — The Statue of Athena Promachos —

English Text: The colossal bronze statue of Athena, known as Athena Promachos, dominated in the area between the Propylaia and the Erechtheion, to the left of the visitor walking along the processional way of the Acropolis. It was made . . . — — Map (db m85182) HM

17 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — Temple of Apollo Patroos, Temple of Zeus Pharatrios and Athena Phratria, Benches or "Synedrion" —

ΝΑΟΣ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΟΣ ΠΑΤΡΩΟΥ. ΝΑΟΣ ΔΙΟΣ ΦΡΑΤΡΙΟΥ . . . — — Map (db m126136) HM

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18 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — Temple of Hephaistos — ΝΑΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΗΦΑΙΣΤΟΥ — (ca. 460-415 BC)/(περ 460-415 π.Χ.) —

A Doric peripteral temple, with pronaos (fore-temple), cella (inner shrine), and opisthonaos (rear wing), the best preserved of its type in the Greek world. The facade of the pronaos and opisthonaos, to the east and west, . . . — — Map (db m126052) HM

19 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — A. The Propylaia, B. The Shrine of Athena Hygieia and Hygieia —

English Text: A. The Propylaia The Propylaia, the monumental entrance of the sanctuary of the Acropolis, was built at the west edge of the hill in the frame of the building programme of Perikles. The building's . . . — — Map (db m85103) HM

20 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — A. The Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia, B. The Chalkotheke —

English Text: A. The sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia After passing through the Propylaia, the sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia, the so-called Brauronion, lies to the right of the processional way of the Acropolis. It was . . . — — Map (db m85203) HM

21 ► Greece, Attica, Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, Athina — Water Clock — ΚΛΕΨΥΔΡΑ —

This monumental water clock was constructed at the end of the 4th cent. B.C. in a prominent location at the southwest corner of there Agora square, on the street leading from the Agora up to the Pnyx. Water was drawn by a stone drain. The device was . . . — — Map (db m126058) HM

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