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ATHENS
Acropolis

Athena Nike
Erechtheum
Parthenon

Propylaia
Acropolis Museum 

South Slope overview
South Slope lecture

Pnyx
Areopagus
Philopappos
Hill

Agora
Temple of Olympian Zeus
and Arch of Hadrian

Keramikos
Roman Agora

ATTICA
Brauron

Thorikos

Sounion

Oropos
Marathon

Eleusis

Aigosthena/
Eleutherai
Daphni
Piraeus

MESSENIA
Pylos

Voidokilia
Methoni
Messene

CORINTHIA

Perachora
Corinth
Acrocorinth
Diolkos/Canal
Nemea
Isthmia

BOEOTIA
Thebes
Chaironeia

Orchomenos
Gla
Osios Loukas

ARGOLID
Epidavros

Nauplion

Mycenae

Argos
Tiryns

ARCADIA
Megalopolis
Overview
Tegea

LACONIA
Mistras
Sparta
Monemvasia

ACHAEA
Kalavrita

NORTHERN GREECE
scenery
Mount Olympos

DELPHI

Thermopylae
Naupaktos
Mieza
Edessa
Vergina
Pella
Thessaloniki

ELEIA
Olympia

Chlemoutsi

SARONIC GULF ISLANDS
Aegina

Poros
Hydra
Spetses

CYCLADIC ISLANDS

Santorini
Delos

CRETE
Cnossos

Phaistos

Zakros

Dr. J's Illustrated Sounion

The Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion

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Sunset at Sounion 1994

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Sunset at Sounion 1998

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Doric column drum in the British Museum
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Site of Aegeus' Suicidal Plunge???

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As the story goes, Aegeus anxiously waited at Cape Sounion for his son Theseus to return from Crete, where he planned to dispatch the monster Minotaur or die trying. A signal had been pre-arranged: white sails upon return would indicate victory; black sails, defeat and mourning. For various reasons, Theseus forgot to change the sails to white and at first sight of the ship, grief-stricken Aegeus plunged into the sea which bears his name. This does appear to be the most likely spot for a fatal plunge.

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