Silene latifolia
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Taken through a window of terminal C near gate 128
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ca. 330BCE.
At Nemea, one can walk around inside the Temple and appreciate the sheer bulk of the building.
Until about 100BCE, lions ranged around Nemea; the first (mythical) Labour of Herakles was to slay the Nemean Lion.
The Nemean Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece (like the Olympic Games) and were first held ca. 570BCE or possibly earlier.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemea
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_lion
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_Games
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus
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Δελφοί - Delphi - The Archaeological Museum
ca. 520 BCE.
The Treasury of the Siphnians - the east pediment depicting the struggle between Apollo and Herakles.
Wikipedia: The . . . pediment . . . depicts a famous Delphic theme. In the centre of the pediment there is Zeus (other sources claim it is Athena or Hermes), on the left Apollo and on the right Herakles. The two young gods are competing for the Delphic tripod and Zeus in the middle is trying to separate them. The sculpture shows the anger of Herakles because Pythia refused to give him an oracle, since he had not been cleansed from the murder of Iphitus. An outraged Herakles has already managed to seize the sacred tripod and Apollo is trying to pull it away from him.
. . the Siphnians were at this time very prosperous and the richest of the islanders, because of the gold and silver mines on the island. They were so wealthy that the treasure dedicated by them at Delphi, which is as rich as any there, was made from a tenth of their income; and they divided among themselves each year's income. (Herodotus The Histories 3.57)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siphnian_Treasury
www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A19...
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