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Ephesus
05/22/07
A reconstruction worthy of Picasso.
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The Library of Celsus
Ephesus
05/22/07
My wife, Brenda, was happily pointing out that the builders of the library had chosen women to represent (from left to right on the bottom level) its four symbols: Wisdom, Virtue, Intelligence, and knowledge. To which I replied, "It figures, Virtue is in the best shape while Intelligence and Knowledge have both lost their heads. At that point she punched me.
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Skála church
Pátmos
05/21/07
Greek Orthodox churches are often tiny and most have the distinctive bell tower and at least one small dome.
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St. John is positively everywhere you look
Pátmos
05/21/07
Typical golden mosaic icon of St. John the Divine.
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The Monestary of St. John
Pátmos
05/21/07
Founded in the 11th century by the monk Christodoulos in honor of St. John the Divine. We were told it was one of the most important places for Christian faithful to worship. We had never heard of it.
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Entrance to the Holy Cave of the Apocalypse
Pátmos
05/21/07
This is where St. John saw the vision of fire and brimstone and dictated the book of Revelation to his disciple, Prochorus. They wouldn't allow pictures beyond this point.
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Temple of Olympian Zeus being mooned
Athens
05/26/07
The Greeks aren't all that excited about showing you the Roman stuff.
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Stele of Pamphile and Demetrias (late 4th century BC)
Athens
05/26/07
Kerameikos Cemetery, just beyond the old city walls.
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The Acropolis from the Agora
Athens
05/26/07
Erechtheion, Parthenon, and Propylaia (Left to right).
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One of the six Caryatids babes
Athens
05/26/07
Copies are now holding up part of the Erechtheion.
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John Linton has been a member since 17 April 2008 and goes by ride0583.
Currently in sufferable.
I am a retired secondary teacher (32 years) who spent his childhood developing his skills as a military brat while the family moved from one location to another. I attended Gorham State College to avoid the draft, somehow graduated with a teaching degree in the Social Studies, was hired by the Westerly School Department in 1970, and have lived in Westerly, RI ever since. When people ask me what I do now I tell them "Nothing," but I do dabble in photography and travel whenever I can.
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