Favourite Photo Friday, 2015 Photo Breakdown (2016-01-15), Acropolis, Athens

Photography and Poetry
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Posted in Fav Foto Friday #25

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“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still” Dorothea Lange

Favourite Photo Friday, 2015 Photo Breakdown (2016-01-15), Acropolis, Athens

In this post, a visit to Acropolis, in Athens Greece.

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The Erechtheion Temple Priestesses

Photo Challenge by SYLVAIN LANDRY
A response to Sylvain’s challenge theme of Monument
SL-WEEK 19: Monument

 

The Erechtheion temple priestesses, Acropolis, Athens, Greece

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Four ladies of the temple
Each other do they resemble
The guardians on the porch
Standing tall with their torch
In this place of worship
For the Greeks of ancient

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World Wide Wednesday Presents:Athens, Acropolis

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart” Helen Keller

World Wide Wednesday Presents:Athens, Acropolis

Basking in the sun
Athens, Acropolis
A place of fun
A place of knowledge

Climbing up the mountain
Looking for the fountain
Of wisdom and history
Shrouded in mystery

Walking in the footsteps
Of the ancient Greeks
But, watch your steps
On the narrow streets

Once reaching the top
The effort but one hop
The view of awe and beauty
You know it really was your duty

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Statues

Photography and Poetry

“Life is short, the art long” Hippocrates

Statues

Standing proud
Covered in a shroud
Adored by the crowd
Shouting out loud
Applauding you
Admiring you
A sort of fandom
But not by random
Marble, bronze or metal
Something sentimental
The statues of ages past
Will all of us outlast

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Acropolis of Athens: Photography & Poetry

“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one” Aristotle

Acropolis of Athens

Acropolis of Athens
Who knows, what happens
In this place of fun
And place of knowledge

The Parthenon, Propylaia and Erechtheion
Just to name a few of them
One named after the mighty
And powerful Athene Nike

Join us on this uphill travel
Maybe some mysteries will unravel
While roaming the ancient ruins
Like some pilgriming druids

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