Above Right: Looking uphill before the Entrance. This was a thriving city and long lived kingdom.
Above: The Granaries (are around the Grave Circle, following image).
Above: Grave Circle A.
Above: North Quarter Buildings on the North Slope with courtyards, corridors, and a drainage system.
Above Right: A far off Citadel, we never learned about it.
Above: The Propylon of the Palace.
Above: The Palace (we were blocked from looking beyond the rope).
Above: The Palace.
Above: Multiple religious structures over time, here. This is not unusual, for example, most early Christion Churches were built on previous holy ground (Celtic, Phoenician, Egyptian ...).
Above Left: Multiple Foundations.
Above Right: Almost always with a view.
Above: Local Flora (bulb based).
Above: Artisans' Quarter (plenty of crafty things recovered and displayed in the museum).
Above: Artisans' Quarter.
Above: Lots of columns in this space makes it important.
Above: Lots of columns in this space makes it important.
Above: Too much 12th Century AD reuse makes the area undeterminable. The location is at the rear of the fortress and has a gate. Generally, from my experience, this area is a kill box (open to archers on the wall), so there probably was not a permanent structure there during the Mycenean Age.
Above Left: Side view of the rear gate.
Above Right: Gate View.
Above Left: Close-up Gate View.
Above Right: A view from the rear side wall of the Mycenean complex looking NE toward the hillside and the Museum.
Above: Underground Cistern.
Above: Underground Cistern.
Above Left: Local Flora.
Above Right: Cyclamen.
Tholos (Beehive) Tomb of Clytemnestra
Above: Tholos (Beehive) Tomb of Clytemnestra.
Above: Tholos (Beehive) Tomb of Clytemnestra, Entrance.
Above: Tholos (Beehive) Tomb of Clytemnestra, Entrance Perspective.
Above: Tholos (Beehive) Tomb of Clytemnestra, Entrance & Inside Perspective.
Above: Tholos (Beehive) Tomb of Clytemnestra.
Above Left: Tholos (Beehive) Tomb of Clytemnestra, from outside looking NE.
Above Right: Overview of north side dwellings.
Above: Another large but open tomb, unknown for whom, and maybe a template for Clytemnestra's Tomb.
Above: Grave Circle B.
Museum and Findings from the site of Ancient Mycenae
Above Left: Repeat Photo - Museum in bottom left corner, looking NE from actual Mycenae site.
Above Right: All about Mycenae, the Sword is not explained, but likely from one of the tombs on this site.
Above: About the Mycenae Palace.
Nafplio (Also Ναύπλιο, Nauplio or Nauplion):
Strategic Seaport and Stronghold through the Ages
(Hellenic, Roman, Byzantine, Franks, Royal Houses in Middle-Ages,
Venetian, Crusades, Ottoman, Present)
Nafplio (Greek: Ναύπλιο, Nauplio or Nauplion in Italian and other Western European languages) is a seaport town in the Peloponnese in Greece that has expanded up the hillsides near the north end of the Argolic Gulf. The town was an important seaport held under a succession of royal houses in the Middle Ages as part of the lordship of Argos and Nauplio, held initially by the de la Roche following the Fourth Crusade before coming under the Republic of Venice and, lastly, the Ottoman Empire. The town was the capital of the First Hellenic Republic and of the Kingdom of Greece, from the start of the Greek Revolution in 1821 until 1834. Nafplio is now the capital of the regional unit of Argolis. Nafplio is mentioned in Ancient Egyptian Text. [Wikipedia]
Above Left: The Island fortress of Bourtzi.
Above Right: The Castle of Palamidi. We immediately decided to climb! The foreground wall is from ancient times (Hellenic with Roman tweaks).
Above: A walk through the edge of modern Nafplio.
Above Left: Because everyone needs a Mortar.
Above Right: We were attracted to the water stream through the restaurant garden and we decided that when we returned, we would have lunch there.
The Climb to Castle Palamidi, above Nafplio
Above Left: The climb to Castle Palamidi started here.
Above Right: Looking at what we presumed to be was the marker for a royal family on a walled fortress from the middle-ages.
Above Left: The Argolic Gulf.
Above Right: Layers of Fortifications over time.
Above Right: That's Teresa.
Castle Palamidi
Above: Dennis and Terry Struck at Castle Palamidi (Nafplio, Greece, 2018).
Above: The Argolic Gulf.
Above: A Chapel.
Above: A view of Nafplio, Greece, from Castle Palamidi.
Nafplio/Nauplio for Lunch
Above Left: Where we sat for pleasure, joy, and lunch.
Above Right: Our luncheon view (ancient Greek and Roman relics).
Above Left: Terry.
Above Right: Greek Salad (absolutely no lettuce).
Epidaurus or Epidauros
Above: The Famous Amphitheater of Epidaurus.
About Epidaurus (Wikipedia): Epidaurus was independent of Argos and not included in Argolis until the time of the Romans. With its supporting territory, it formed the small territory called Epidauria. Reputed to be founded by or named for the Argolid Epidaurus, and to be the birthplace of Apollo's son Asclepius the healer, Epidaurus was known for its sanctuary situated about five miles (8 km) from the town, as well as its theater, which is once again in use today. The cult of Asclepius at Epidaurus is attested in the 6th century BC, when the older hill-top sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas was no longer spacious enough.
The Asclepeion at Epidaurus was the most celebrated healing center of the Classical world, the place where ill people went in the hope of being cured. To find out the right cure for their ailments, they spent a night in the enkoimeteria, a big sleeping hall. In their dreams, the god himself would advise them what they had to do to regain their health. Within the sanctuary there was a guest house with 160 guestrooms. There are also mineral springs in the vicinity, which may have been used in healing.
Asclepius, the most important healer god of antiquity, brought prosperity to the sanctuary, which in the 4th and 3rd centuries BC embarked on an ambitious building program for enlarging and reconstruction of monumental buildings. Fame and prosperity continued throughout the Hellenistic period. After the destruction of Corinth in 146 BC Lucius Mummius visited the sanctuary and left two dedications there. In 87 BC the sanctuary was looted by the Roman general Sulla. In 74 BC a Roman garrison under Marcus Antonius Creticus had been installed in the city causing a lack of grain. Still, before 67 BC the sanctuary was plundered by pirates. In the 2nd century AD the sanctuary enjoyed a new upsurge under the Romans, but in AD 395 the Goths raided the sanctuary.
Even after the introduction of Christianity and the silencing of the oracles, the sanctuary at Epidaurus was still known as late as the mid-5th century as a Christian healing center.
Above: Dennis and Terry Struck at the Amphitheater of Epidaurus.
Above Right: Someone, deliberately costumed in black, was vocalizing a melodious long note meditation chant. It seemed very appropriate for the area (health for the mind and soul). I could never tell if it was a male or female (in that in-between range). After the warm-up they went down to the center of the stage and sang for about a minute before a security person asked them not to sing. Most people booed the Security Guard for ruining what would have been a remarkable performance of meditative music.
Above: The Famous Amphitheater of Epidaurus.
Above: An overlay of how the Amphitheater probably looked in its time.
Above Left: Our Cycling Group. Everyone in the group was an experienced traveler and everyone had some interesting travel experiences to share.
Above Right: A Cyclamen flower has found a place to bloom near our seats.
Above: A close-up of the amphitheater seating - Some seats show plenty of bottom wear from use over time. Terry is giving some scale to the amphitheater seating.
Epidaurus' Ancient City Forums
Above Left: Stadium.
Above: Stadium viewing.
Above Right: I see the profile of a woman.
Above and Right: About the Abaton.
Above: The Abaton (the patient treatment area).
Above and Right: About the Tholos.
Above: The Tholos (under construction).
One of the issues of re-construction is
'How much of the object is to be re-constructed'?
- A large school of thought is 'not all the way',
thus leaving an 'Antiquities Look'.
Above Left: Probable sketch of the Tholos.
Above Right: Before re-construction of the Tholos.
The Museum of Epidaurus
(Mostly Greek Artifacts but with some Roman Occupation Artifacts)
Above Left: Corinthian Styled Capital - We are on the Corinthian Peninsula.
Above Right: Doric Styled Capital.
Above: The Corinthian Capital's Leaf design comes from the Acanthus plant (native to the Corinthian and Peloponnese area (as well as to the Mediterranean Basin and parts of Asia). The plant can have a wide leafy base with multiple purple flowers on stalks that are a little like Lupine or Gladiola stalks.
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