ELEUSIS / CORINTH

ELEUSIS//

DAY 25

A great clock tower and bell tower overlook the ancient city of Eleusis.	The towers are up much higher than the actual city was, so every citizen could see them.	A cat roams the ancient ruins.
The stone from an ancient temple has been re-assembled.	Because the roofs are gone visitors are given the change to peek into many homes in the ancient city.	A well stands inside the walls of an old building.
The myth that accompanies this city, is that this cave is where Hades pulled Penelope through down into Hell. So this hole in the wall is the way to the underworld.	An ancient well is dry and overgrown with plants.	Below the clocktower is a great floor space, with no buildings.
Overlooking more buildings from the city.	The remains of the ancient city are totally immersed within the modern city.	The modern city completely surrounds ancient Eleusis.
The view of a church and the clocktower from the streets of the city.	An ancient tomb with intricate carvings.	A statue of a woman inside the archaeological museum at Eleusis.
There were many details in the architecture, even on the roofs of buildings.	These were funerary pots, and used as burial sites for infants and children. The pots resemble being in the womb.	Both the ancient city and the modern city.
The Christians came and built a church atop the city.	The clock tower that overlooks the city.	The front entrance to the church.
A Greek flag waves proudly above the clock tower.	A great column still stands in the floor of a temple.	Steps leading up to one of the temples.
The temple was dedicated to Artemis, and a stone marks it for tourists.

The road to eleusis

Between Athens and Eleusis was a sacred road, and there are many mysteries behind the Elesinian rituals. While just around 22 kilometers by car, in ancient times they would walk the long path.

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CORINTH //

DAY 25

Bright flowers surround the ancient city at Corinth.	The great Temple to Apollo still stands at the entrance to the ancient city.	A side view of the temple to Apollo.
Ruins from the ancient city at Corinth.	A large arch still stands on the edge of the city limits.	Even amongst the ruined rocks, flowers bloom.
The Acropolis of Corinth can be seen from every place in the city.	The city center's platform still stands, where people including Saint Paul spoke proclamations to the people of Corinth.	A commemorative stone with a bible verse from the second book of Corinthians sits atop the platform.
There are Roman baths that were later added to the city.	Rows of houses lie across from the baths.	Looking through a doorway to the baths.
A wider view of one doorway to the Roman bath house.	The main bath, and behind the arches the water can still be heard flowing through.	Another smaller temple stands in Corinth.
AcroCorinth was the city's fortress for protection against enemies.	Lechaion road is the famous road running through Corinth.	Statues of an Emperor and his grandson in the archaeological museum.
Fragmented pieces from a floor.	A great entrance that has now been moved and restored in the museum.	The doorway to the museum is decorated with floor tiles.
Large statues line the wall of the atrium at the museum.	A courtyard of headless statues.	The view of AcroCorinth from the city center.
A rooftop view of modern Corinth.	A great church in the center of Corinth.	Looking out to the sea from the temple of Apollo.

apostle paul at corinth

"Thanks to the apostle Paul’s extensive correspondence with the Corinthians, we are better informed about the church at Corinth than any other first-century church."

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ACROCORINTH//

DAY 33

The remaining walls of the main building from the Roman baths.	The side view from the theater at the ancient city of Argos.	Students from the trip climbed to the top of the theater at Argos to test the acoustics.
The main building left of the Roman baths.	Inside the main building at the Roman bath house.	The rest of the remains of the baths lay in view of the modern city of Argos.
Ruins of the ancient city at Argos.	Cars and buses drive up to the base of AcroCorinth. The rest of the journey is on foot.	The first plateau on the hike up AcroCorinth has a view of the Greek countryside.
The path leading up to the first base of the fortress.	This view is from the first plateau, of the countryside and the sea.	Ascending higher leaders to more fortress walls to pass through.
Looking up, there are constantly more walls and ruins surrounding the path.	This is what some of the beginning path looks like. It is intact, whereas further up it begins to disintegrate.	An alcove underneath the path.
Closer to the top, there are stunning views of the Greek countryside.	Towards the top, the remains of the fortress dangle close to the edge of the cliff.	The final destination is up ahead.
A tall structure remains about halfway up to the fortress. It is unknown what its purpose in antiquity was.	Halfway up there are stairs branching off to a separate part of AcroCorinth.	The view from the top.
A student hikes up the path, close to the top. The path is just about nonexistent.	Two students take photos from the top of the fortress.	The other photographer on the trip takes photos of the countryside.
The fortress hangs over the cliff, and the remains expose the view of the farmland below. It is mostly olive trees.	This alcove cut out from the wall shows where soldiers would have defended the fortress.	The opening narrows drastically, so the soldiers can fire outward but it is harder for the enemy to hit them.
Another alcove, even smaller, also could have been used for defensive purposes.	The path at the top loops around the side of the fortress.	From the side of the path, the rest of AcroCorinth can be seen on the mountain.
More views of AcroCorinth.	The risky path leads around the fortress. It is just wide enough to walk on, and it is exposed to the side of the mountain.	More alcoves are found in the center of AcroCorinth.
This was the largest alcove, but it did not expose itself. It is another room under the fortress.	The view from the ledge of the fortress.	Students make their way out along what's left of a wall from the fortress.
Heading back down the path and looking up reveals the ancient fortress.	The exit tunnel to AcroCorinth.