#erechtheion

[homerstroystory]

taken from the west side of the erechtheion

#isaac.jpg #archaeology #art #classical archaeology #greek #acropolis #erechtheion

[thatshowthingstarted]

The temple of Athena

The Erechtheion is an ancient Greek temple constructed on the acropolis of Athens between 421 and 406 BCE in the Golden Age of the city in order to house the ancient wooden cult statue of Athena and generally glorify the great city at the height of its power and influence.

The Erechtheion has suffered a troubled history of misuse and neglect, but with its prominent position above the city and porch of six Caryatids, it remains one of the most distinctive buildings from antiquity .

Source : world history website

#art #history #design #archeology #sculpture #style #temple #greece #acropolis #athens #erechtheion #architecture #caryatid #athena #gods

[visionsofour-past]

• Athens - Erechtehion.

Artist/Photographer: Baron Paul des Granges (Greek, 1825-1911)

Date: 1868–mid 1880's

Medium: Albumen silver print

#getty #antique #antique picture #19th century #19th century picture #antique photograph #antique photography #antique photo #photography #ruins #archeology #Athens #erechtheion #Baron Paul des Granges #1868 #1880s

[dokuzadaiyuho]

Erechtheion

#erechtheion #travel #greece #athens #eρέχθειο #view

[artschoolglasses]

The Caryatids and the Erechtheion at the Acropolis in Athens.

Sculptural details of the Erechtheion are currently being held by the British Museum—including one of the caryatid pillars—and have still yet to be returned to Greece despite repeated calls to do so.

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

#assassin's creed #assassin's creed odyssey #ac odyssey #odyssey #caryatid #caryatids #erechtheion #acropolis #virtual photography #photomode #video game #playstation #ps5 #history

[twoseparatecoursesmeet]

The Erechtheion, Athens, 1960s

Mickey Crisp

#vintage #greece #ancient greece #erechtheion #acropolis #athens #mickey crisp #crisp

[kararadaygum]

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#architecture #archaeology #sunset #history #greece #erechtheion #traveling #architektur #original photography #ellada #travel #reise #ancient greece #griechenland #original photographers #erechtheum #travelling #reisen #archaeological site #archäologie #athens #athen #evening #sonnenuntergang #romantic #romantisch #acropolis #akropolis #antiquity #antike

[arjuna-vallabha]

The Palladium of Athena and the Erechtheion by Juan Carlos Bellón (@bellon_illustration)

#erechtheion #Athena #goddess #hellenic polytheism #temple

[sulphurousvisions]

Acropolis of Athens Greece

Kodak Ektar 100

#35mm #film photography #photographers on tumblr #athens #greece #kodak ektar 100 #ektar 100 #acropolis #acropolis of athens #parthenon #The Porch of the Caryatids #Erechtheion #ancient greece #Porch of the Caryatids #ruins

[ukdamo]

Sicilian Cyclamens

DH Lawrence

When he pushed his bush of black hair off his brow: When she lifted her mop from her eyes, and screwed it            in a knob behind            —O act of fearful temerity! When they felt their foreheads bare, naked to heaven,            their eyes revealed: When they left the light of heaven brandished like a knife at            their defenceless eyes And the sea like a blade at their face, Mediterranean savages: When they came out, face-revealed, under heaven, from            the shaggy undergrowth of their own hair For the first time, They saw tiny rose cyclamens between their toes, growing Where the slow toads sat brooding on the past.

Slow toads, and cyclamen leaves Stickily glistening with eternal shadow Keeping to earth. Cyclamen leaves Toad-filmy, earth-iridescent Beautiful Frost-filigreed Spumed with mud Snail-nacreous Low down.

The shaking aspect of the sea And man’s defenceless bare face And cyclamens putting their ears back.

Long, pensive, slim-muzzled greyhound buds Dreamy, not yet present, Drawn out of earth At his toes.

Dawn-rose Sub-delighted, stone engendered Cyclamens, young cyclamens Arching Waking, pricking their ears Like delicate very-young greyhound bitches Half-yawning at the open, inexperienced Vistas of day, Folding back their soundless petalled ears.

Greyhound bitches Bending their rosy muzzles pensive down, And breathing soft, unwilling to wake to the new day Yet sub-delighted.

Ah Mediterranean morning, when our world began! Far-off Mediterranean mornings, Pelasgic faces uncovered And unbudding cyclamens.

The hare suddenly goes uphill Laying back her long ears with unwinking bliss.

And up the pallid, sea-blenched Mediterranean stone-slopes Rose cyclamen, ecstatic fore-runner! Cyclamens, ruddy-muzzled cyclamens In little bunches like bunches of wild hares Muzzles together, ears-aprick

Whispering witchcraft Like women at a well, the dawn-fountain.

Greece, and the world’s morning While all the Parthenon marbles still fostered the roots of the cyclamen. Violets Pagan, rosy-muzzled violets Autumnal Dawn-pink, Dawn-pale Among squat toad-leaves sprinkling the unborn Erechtheion marbles.

                                                                                                    Taormina

#taormina #dh lawrence #poetry #nature #sicilians #cyclamen #connection #significance #identity #cthonic gods #erechtheion #flowers #paganism #symbolism

[lokkie83]

I didn't expect the pics from Delphi would go so well here, thanks a lot! :D So now, here are the ones from Athens Akropolis.

It cost 20€ to visit but is totally worthy. Also, of course it was crowded but... it could have been worse tbh. I'm just sad that i couldn't come any closer, because the ruins have some tiny intrincate details that i really wanted to see better, but i know it's not allowed for a good reason.

There were also many people working CONSTANTLY on its preservation, which is such a big effort. I liked it so much :)

#greece #athens #akropolis #ruins #parthenon #erechtheion #herodion #archaeology

[homerstroystory]

south porch of the Erechtheion (Athenian Acropolis)

#isaac.jpg #art #archaeology #classical archaeology #greek #acropolis #erechtheion #karyatid

[hazeylens]

#photography #architecture photography #architecture #archaeology #history #ancient greece #ancient history #greece #acropolis #erechtheion #athens #sculpture #ruins #marble

[thepastisalreadywritten]

The exquisite and elegant braided hair of the Caryatids (421-406 BC).

Erechtheion / Acropolis of Athens, Greece.

NOTE:

A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.

The Greek term 'karyatides' literally means "maidens of Karyai," an ancient town on the Peloponnese.

#Caryatids #Acropolis #Erechtheion #Temple of Athena Polias #Greece

[nikmen69]

#acropolis #greece #erechtheion #parthenon

[mihaelalimberea]

Thousands of years old and still breathtaking: the Erechtheion.

#travel #trip #greece #ancient greece #athens #acropolis #erechtheion