The Temple of Poseidon by junge1
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Description
The ancient Greeks chose their temple sites carefully, with the prime considerations being a site's natural beauty and its appropriateness to the god in question. Nowhere is this more evident than at Cape Sounion, where the Temple of Poseidon stands on a craggy spur that plunges 65 meters to the sea.
The temple was built in 444 BC at the same time as the Parthenon. It is constructed of local marble from Agrilesa and its slender columns - of which 16 remain - are Doric. It is thought that the temple was built by Ictinus, the architect of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens' Ancient Agora.
From the sea the temple is discernible from a long distance and the view from the temple is equally impressive. On a clear day, one can see Kea, Kythnos and Serifos to the south-east, and Aegina and the Peloponnese to the west.
The English poet Lord Byron (1788-1824) was so taken with Sounion that he carved his name on one of the columns (Source: Lonely Planet, Greece, 1996).
This picture was taken on 27 June 2013,
Sig...
Comments (30)
That is so cool! And it is a beautiful shot as well! Looks like Greece has the same non dramatic skies we enjoy in Arizona.
@UVDan: Yes Dan, during the summer anyway!
Very beautiful Great capture Sig
real cool
Very cool.. a great photo and thanks for the narrative, very informative.
I like the simplicity of Doric columns. So elegant! Whenever I see Corinthian columns it makes me think somebody should probably get up there and give all those nooks and crannies a good dusting. LOL! This is a beautiful place ... a wonderful shot!
A great pic Sig. With a couple of those column stones out of place it looks like an earthquake could bring the whole lot down!!
cool pov and compo
Great shot of a place I have never been.
This is a really great shot of this site, for sure the best photo I have seen of it.
he had a fine life the old god lol.
Wonderful Image and blue sky!
Fantastic shot.
Beautiful, outstanding capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really beautiful ruins and shot!
Superb shot of this old ruins.
Interesting part of history. Aloha
Great capture of this awesome temple Sig!
Lord Byron has been a traveller ... has been in Switzerland as well.. what a historical place and looks hot:-)
Superb capture my friend. God bless.
fabulous capture
WONDERFUL WORK
Fantastic capture!
amazing capture sig.
Fantastic view and shot my friend.
Marvelous capture !!!
beautiful temple complex
A lovely capture and an excellent zoom. I hope that you didn't have to climb up there!! :o)
A true feeling of age and real History.. Excellent detailing Sig, well done! Rob
Gorgeous shot, great camera angle!