Kerameikos (Κεραμεικός) is another nook of the antic Athena where philosophical reflections easily substitute all other thoughts. Actually it is a cemetery, antic cemetery. Pericles, for example, is buried here. The name Kerameikos came from the bigger area that included the cemetery. Potters lived here.
View of the cemetery:
Far side of the cemetery: houses, churches, an observatory.
Inner part of the Kerameikos:
Wall of the cemetery:
A christian church behind the wall:
Another church on the other side of the Kerameikos:
A road that crossed the cemetery:
You can use this stone to image yourself a ancient Greek orator on an agora.
Pines:
Mimosa:
Magpies:
A swallowtail on the lilac:
Poppies:
The Temple of Hephaestus, the god of fire and blacksmiths, first gynecology-surgeon.
The cemetery is crossed by Eridanos river, as a result the cemetery has plenty of fresh grass and trees. There is huge population of Greek tortoises.
Looks like they are Zeno’s tortoises, that ran away from Achilles and founded successful cemetery population. They run very quick (that is understandable) and eat dandelions with good appetite.
View outside of the cemetery:
Burial monuments from the cemetery (those, that survived till XX century) are kept in museums (some of the in the museum in Kerameikos), and replaced with modern replicas.
The burial monument of Dionysios of Kollitos.
Kerameikos Archaeological Museum is worth to visit.
These burial monuments clear show that there are only two main attributes of a man according ancient Greeks. Head and penis, the rest is just for decoration.
To be continue…..
