Chapter 378: Marathon Story!

According to records, the temple was built in 421~405 BC to commemorate Erecias, the son of Athena and king of Athens. It is built on a hillside and is located on three floors of different heights, with an irregular combination of rectangular plans, similar to the famous Minoan labyrinth on the island of Crete. The colonnade of the female statue is in the northern part of the temple, there are 6 statues, each 2.3 meters high, plump and dignified, facing north, with a flat marble lace eaves and ceiling overhead. The carvings are lifelike and the costumes are realistic.

They are like divine goddesses, silently watching the changes of life and the vicissitudes of the sea over thousands of years. The north and south walls of the main temple have windows that correspond to the rectangular ashlar walls. The Temple of Erechseion is another masterpiece of ancient Greek architecture, and as such, many Western Europeans have gone to great lengths to keep the best of it for themselves.

There was once a statue of a woman smuggled to London by Lord Elgin of England.

Located on the south side of the entrance to the Acropolis, the Atticus Concert Hall (Theater of Atticaus) was built in Roman times as an outdoor theater with a capacity of more than 6,000 people, and performances are still held here in the summer of the 21st century. The concert hall has a three-story structure with a semi-circular theater diameter of 38 meters, so you can hear the lines of the actors on the stage and the performances of the orchestra seats at any point.

Liu Huan once held "Cheer for China - Athens Concert" in this concert hall, Liu Huan sang "Believe in You" solo, sang "The Crooked Moon" with Greek female singer Nana Moskeyi, sang "Love Without Limits" with Nana Mobikyi, Huang Ying [China], Mario Frankulis [Greece], and sang the theme song of the same name of the Greek movie "Beautiful Sunday" with Nana Mobikyi, Huang Ying and Mario Franculis.

Theatre of Dionysus (Dionysus) The Theatre of Dionysus in Athens, located on the south side of the Acropolis, is two semicircular theaters connected by porticoes, fully reflecting the love of art of the ancient Greeks. The Odium of Herodes Attius on the west side is still used as a venue for summer open-air concerts and theatrical performances, and the Dionysian theater on the east side is open to visitors as an attraction.

The theater was built in the 5th century BC as a place of prayer to Dionysus. The 17,000-seat theatre has hosted numerous tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, as well as comedies by Aristophanes. The theater is built on the hillside, which is amazingly large, as if condensing the great beauty of heaven and earth.

In ancient Greece (especially Athens), watching tragedy was not only the main artistic activity enjoyed by the general public, but also an important part of the life of the city-state.

The view of downtown Athens from the Acropolis is very impressive.

Later, Zhang Feng was there, and the cultural relics and monuments at the foot of the Acropolis were on the Acropolis to view the Olympic Temple of Zeus and the site of the first Olympic Games in 1896.

The "Acropolis Museum" at the foot of the Acropolis Hill. The Acropolis Museum is located at the foot of the Acropolis Hill in Athens, Greece. Covering an area of about 25,000 square meters, it is a combination of modern and classical buildings. The new museum makes visitors feel as if they are in a corridor of time and space, wandering between the past and the present.

The Greek flag fluttering in the northeast corner of the Acropolis platform. It records the heroic actions of the Greeks against the German army. After the Germans occupied Athens in 1941, they ordered the Greek soldiers guarding the flag to take off the Greek flag and replace it with a Nazi flag, but the soldier draped the Greek flag over his body and jumped off the cliff. One night of the same year, two Greek youths secretly climbed onto the Acropolis and tore up the Nazi flag.

Leaving the Acropolis, Zhang Hao came to Constitution Square again.

Syntagma Square is mentioned as often as the Acropolis (the legendary Temple of Athena), probably because, if it weren't for such a representative attraction, most people would probably think that the main attractions of Athens are from the past, with palaces, myths, legends, etc. In fact, most of the attractions are indeed related to myths and legends. However, Syntagma Square is an exception.

In the middle is a low-key monument to the heroes, a relief that reminds people not to forget the dead heroes, and there is a lot about the recent history of the square, which is not representative to me, so I automatically ignored it.

The square is naturally guarded by guards, and the guards are also sacrosanct, although they can come forward to take a group photo, but they can only come one by one, and they cannot take a group photo; they cannot be within one meter of the guards, and they cannot be smiling;

The guards would sometimes tap the ground with the butt of their rifles, giving a simple but crisp thud, which was a reminder that a soldier in a blue camouflage suit and a beret would come over and tell you to pay attention to this or that. The guards handed over the ceremony every 1 hour, and Zhang Feng, like many people who traveled independently, deliberately waited for this moment.

There are a lot of free pigeons in the square, not afraid of people, fat and big to please, so Zhang Feng has the urge to feed the pigeons again.

There are many squares in the city of Athens, and many sculptures will have a certain story to tell, and each one is also a beautiful work of art.

There is also a well-known story here, which is the famous marathon story.

In order to defend against the Persian invasion, Greece faced the Persian army in the plain of Marathon, and unexpectedly won a big victory with fewer victories, and in order to bring the news of the victory back to the city-state, the army sent a good runner to run non-stop and run back to the city from the battlefield. The warriors kept running all the way, exerting all their strength, and when they ran into the city, they left only one breath and shouted: Let's cheer. He died of exhaustion. In order to commemorate this soldier, there is this sculpture, the whole sculpture is made of pieces of glass, which is very creative, but unfortunately Zhang Feng can only see his legs in the car.

This story is also the origin of the marathon, and it is said that the distance of the race is the same length as the distance he ran at that time, and it is also said that Yi = Lang did not participate in the marathon because they were the aggressors of the year, which is an interesting example.

There are other sculptures related to mythology, such as the Square of the Inverted Man, based on the ancient labyrinth and the legend of the "Birdman".

There are three major buildings in Athens, and the three major buildings are the Athens Academy, the University of Athens and the Library, which is the name Zhang Feng gave them. Because they are all close together, and their styles are relatively similar - more importantly, Zhang Feng can't tell who they are. But when Zhang Feng found there, the time was a little bad, so he could only take a quick look.

In the foreground, Athena on one side and Apollo on the other, and in the center Zeus introduces his beloved daughter Athena to the gods. There were two old men in history in front of them, who were ignored by Zhang Feng.