When traveling in a country as old as Greece, ancient ruins can quickly go from magnificent to mind-numbing.
When travelling in a country as old as Greece, ancient ruins can quickly go from magnificent to mind-numbing. Great — yet another nameless hill with more stony remnants of people from centuries past. Just because something dates from BC doesn’t mean it has to be seen. Be selective about your ancient sightseeing. Three of my favourite Greek sites to ruminate over ruins are Delphi, Epidavros, and Mycenae. All are within three hours of Athens — and all are well worth the trek.
But there was more to Delphi than just the oracle. You can also see the theatre and stadium where the Pythian Games were held. Occurring every four years in honour of Apollo, the games were second only to the Olympics in importance. They featured not only athletic contests, but also dance, drama, and music — including some sort of “Pan-Hellenic Idol” singing competition.
About 25 minutes north of Nafplio, ancient Mycenae is the oldest sight you’ll see in this land dotted by so many ruins. The Mycenaeans dominated the Greek world between roughly 1600 and 1200 BC, about a thousand years before the rise of Athens. These were the early Greeks Homer wrote of in the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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