{"id":5232,"date":"2017-06-18T14:32:37","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T21:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2017-06-18T14:32:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T21:32:37","slug":"my-greek-vacation-athena-kerameikos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=5232","title":{"rendered":"My Greek Vacation. Athena. Kerameikos"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kerameikos (\u039a\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2) 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.
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View of the cemetery:<\/p>\n

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Far side of the cemetery: houses, churches, an observatory.<\/p>\n

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Inner part of the Kerameikos:<\/p>\n

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Wall of the cemetery:<\/p>\n

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A christian church behind the wall:<\/p>\n

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Another church on the other side of the Kerameikos:<\/p>\n

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A road that crossed the cemetery: <\/p>\n

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You can use this stone to image yourself a ancient Greek orator on an agora.<\/p>\n

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Pines:<\/p>\n

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A swallowtail on the lilac:<\/p>\n

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Poppies:<\/p>\n

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The Temple of Hephaestus, the god of fire and blacksmiths, first gynecology-surgeon. <\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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View outside of the cemetery:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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The burial monument of Dionysios of Kollitos.<\/p>\n

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Kerameikos Archaeological Museum is worth to visit.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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To be continue…..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Kerameikos (\u039a\u03b5\u03c1\u03b1\u03bc\u03b5\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2) 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. <\/p>\n

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