Adventures in Greece

Ruins on Delos - island that was the center of the Delian League during Athens domination of the Greek city states.

Santorini

Windmills on a Greek island

Grilling octopus

Houses on the coast of a Greek island.

Donkeys used to get to the top of the crater on Sandorini.

Church in Santorini

Houses along the side of Santorini's crater.

Mosaic in the plaza of Santorini

Coast of a Greek island

All that is left of a temple on one of the Greek islands.

Monasteries in the Greek mountains. In the past people and supplies had to be pulled up in a basket.

A theater at Delphi. This was one of the most important religious sanctuaries of the ancient Greek world, dedicated to Apollo, situated on the lowersouthern slopes of Mount Parnassus above the Gulf of Corinth. Thought of as the navel of the earth, it was theseat of the Delphic Oracle, whose riddling responses to a wide range of questions were delivered by the Pythia.

The arena for the Olympic games at Delphi.

The Temple of Apollo at Delphi where the oracle pronounced her prophecies.

Shops where Greek merchants sold things to those coming to Delphi.

Greek temple

The typical town in the Greek countryside.

The Parthenon on the Athens Acropolis. The Parthenon was the temple of Athena Parthenos, built on the Acropolis in 447–432 bc by Pericles to honor Athens' patron goddess and to commemorate the recent Greek victory over the Persians. It was designed by Ictinus and Callicrates with sculptures by Phidias.

A Greek theater below the Acropolis in Athens. The modern city of Athens is in the background.