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Olea Europaea or Olive tree (from Greek word elaion). It was purely a matter of local pride that the Athenians claimed that the olive first grew in Athens. In an archaic Athenian foundation myth, Goddess Athena won the patronship of Athens from Poseidon with the gift of the olive. The olive was sacred to Athena and appeared on the Athenian coinage.
Ancient Corinth - Greece
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Linea nautica
Athens, Greece - Dekelia (Tatoi) Air Base. PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader single engine aircraft.
Ancient Corinth - Greece. The most notable ruin of ancient Corinth is the 6th-century BC Temple of Apollo, built on a hill overlooking the remains of the Roman marketplace (agora). Seven of the original 38 Doric columns still stand, and it is one of the oldest stone temples in Greece. The temple was eventually destroyed by earthquakes. ©2008 Jordan Kevrekidis
Hadrian’s Library – Athens, Greece.
Elysion - Greece
The Acropolis of Athens, Greece.
Chalcidice or Halkidiki is located in the southeastern Macedonia in Northern Greece. It consists of a large peninsula resembling a hand with three "fingers" – Cassandra (Kassandra), Sithonia and Agion Oros (Mount Athos).