Saturday, July 11, 2009
Two big archeological sites today! First, we drove to Ancient Mycenae, an ancient citadel that is 3500 years old! It was the stronghold of Agamemnon from the Iliad.
Down the road a little is the "Treasury of Atreus" a.k.a. the tomb of Agamemnon even though it wasn't actually him that was buried there.
Then if was off to Epidaurus, a site with the best remaining ancient theatre described as "acoustically perfect" (my guidebook says is was built according to Fibonacci's sequence).
This is a two-story building where ancient Greeks came to be cured by the Gods (after they took in the latest off-off-Broadway show at the theatre??).
And tomorrow, we're off to Sparta to see King Leonidas!
Claire
