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HELLAS: 2002

Athena ("Athens"): Leaving Plaka

by Jody Neff


Copyright 2002 Jody Neff - All Rights Reserved.

 


Check out the pom-poms! These Evzones are soldiers in the Greek army. Here, they guard the Parliament Building. According to Dorina, in order to serve as Evzones, young men have to be both handsome and tall (for a Greek . . .).

Below, right: Statue of Athena guards the National Archeological Museum in Athens. (Didn't get to visit. Perhaps in the Fall of 2004 . . .)

 

View of the Parthenon through the largest remaining columns of the Temple of the Olympian Zeus.

 

 

 

 

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