Athens, the museum post

The National Archaeology Museum is very, very impressive. The first floor is filled with marvels, from giant statues from every era of ancient Greece to jewelery and relics found in graves. The top floor is filled entirely with vases, which is impressive in and of itself, though I must admit that Lyla and I, exhausted from three hours on the ground floor and hungry for lunch, did basically walk briskly through the vase section. And... photos!

Yummy! Note that the lion on the left is a cast, the original is in England.

An amazingly lifelike bronze of Zeus, or maybe Poseidon. The detail was impossibly intricate, including veins and individual strands of hair.

The minotaur says, "Yo."

A slave boy riding a horse, rendered in both bronze and creepy.

Aphrodite rebukes Pan, with the help of her sandal and tiny Eros.

Apparently students used to commission these for their teachers when they died. That's right... face and junk, protruding from a collumn extolling the teacher's virtues. That's not messed up. Not at all.

Ancient Greek Moose!!!

Golden octopi


Lyla and I, exhausted and hungry after four hours of museum-ing, take a dramatic photo upon exiting. Please note my gorgeous new necklace, made of ceramic, purchased from the craftsman on Hydra. :)