The Hephaisteion-Alias Theseion
On a low hill overlooking the park of the ancient Agora stands a building that any guidebook will tell you is the best preserved temple in Greece.
Susan Rotroff
The Tower of the Winds
Modern man is not alone in his obsession with time; in fact, the tendency to make a fetish or a game out of time pieces stretches far back into antiquity.
The Acropolis
Dedicated to Athena, whose birthday ancient Athenians celebrated annually in late summer. Only a visitor of astonishing world-weariness or unusual strength of character can avoid visiting the Acropolis when in Athens.
The Agora Excavations, A Popular History
If you you are riding the electric railway from Omonia to Piraeus, take a look outside just after you pass the Monastiraki stop. You will see on either side of you the ruins of the ancient Agora, the civic and commercial centre of classical Athens.
