Athens Holidays - The Acropolis (Part IV)

我在雅典衛城拍了很多照片。我很高興能夠和你們分享這一神秘的地方。

文化意義

每四年雅典人便會舉行泛雅典娜節，其與奧林匹克運動會的重要度相約。

在節日期間會有一隊隊伍由雅典城向衛城前進，

並進入巴特農神殿(在巴特農神殿的帶狀雕刻裡有描述)。

而雅典人會將佩潑洛斯女裝放在菲迪亞斯的巨大象牙與黃金雅典娜雕像上。

美術與建築

雅典衛城入口被稱為衛城山門。在衛城山門右方有著細小的勝利女神雅典娜神殿。

而由菲迪亞斯雕塑的雅典娜銅像，

原來是站在山門正中。在衛城正中為巴特農神殿(即純潔的雅典娜神殿)。

 在山門左方為厄瑞克忒翁廟與女像柱。城外亦有著劇場，稱為酒神劇場。(資料來自維基百科)

 

 

I took many photos at the Acropoli in Athens.

I am very pleased to be able to share this mythical place with you.

Archaeological remains

The entrance to the Acropolis was a monumental gateway called the Propylaea.

To the south of the entrance is the tiny Temple of Athena Nike.

A bronze statue of Athena, sculpted by Phidias,

originally stood at its centre. At the centre of the Acropolis is the Parthenon or Temple of Athena Parthenos

(Athena the Virgin). East of the entrance and north of the Parthenon is the temple known as the Erechtheum.

South of the platform that forms the top of the Acropolis there are also the remains of an outdoor theatre called

Theatre of Dionysus. A few hundred metres away, there is the now partially reconstructed Theatre of Herodes Atticus.

All the valuable ancient artifacts are situated in the Acropolis Museum, which resides on the southern

slope of the same rock, 280 metres from the Parthenon. (Information from Wekipedia)

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The Acropolis

雅典衛城

Athens Holidays - The Acropolis (Part III)

我在雅典衛城（Acropolis）的第一個感覺就是很像龐貝古城，

都有著悠久的歷史，這裡甚至有更多的故事和傳說。

黑暗時代

雅典衛城的東南角，由奧林匹亞宙斯神殿望至。雅典衛城看來並沒有像其他邁錫尼宮殿般受到暴力破壞，

而且亦沒有曾被放火或大規模毀壞的痕跡，這是經由當時的文物推測而得。這與雅典人傳說裡此地成功抵

擋多利安人的入侵的論調吻合。現在無法得知上古時這裡的岩石建築是甚麼模樣的，不過仍可得知此地曾

被塞隆人在起義裡攻佔，並兩度被庇西特拉圖佔據，以奪取政權。而具有九門的城牆則像是在城的西北角

最大的水源處興建。庇西特拉圖在城的西南方，環城附近，建立了阿爾特蜜斯神殿，因為這是其家鄉的宗教。

When I was in the Acropolis the first feeling is like Pompeii,

both have a long history and here even have more stories and legends.

The Dark Ages

There is no conclusive evidence for the existence of a Mycenean palace on top of the Athenian Acropolis.

However, if there was such a palace, it seems to have been transplanted by later building activity on the Acropolis.

Not much is known as to the architectural appearance of the Acropolis until the archaic era.

In the 7th and the 6th centuries BC the site was taken over by Kylon during the failed Kylonian revolt,

and twice by Pisistratus: all attempts directed at seizing political power by coups d' etat. Nevertheless it seems that

a nine-gate wall, the Enneapylon, had been built around the biggest water spring, the "Clepsydra", at the northwestern foot.

 

 

 

 

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巴特農神殿

The Parthenon