April 20, 2005
April 20 Photos: Caleb
Nkosi stands in front of an apsidal house. It is a prehistoric building dating from around 2150-2000 BCE.
The group discusses the columns at the Temple of Hera.
Nkosi squats next to a water spout that is in the form of a lion’s head. This spout once helped the water drain off the roof of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.
Katherine happily poses next to what she calls a “freakin’ huge” triglyph block from the Temple of Zeus.
Katherine provides human scale for the base of a statue of Nike. It is said that the statue of Nike was erected here so that one could see both it and the Nike acroterion when he approached the Temple of Zeus.
This statue of Nike stood on top of the base in the previous picture. It is now housed in the on-site museum at Olympia.
Neha stands in the middle of a nave of a Byzantine church. This church was built on top of what was the Workshop of Pheidias.
Katherine and Ben point out with excitement the fact that older columns were incorporated into the walls of later construction on the site that was the Workshop of Pheidias.
Jackie poses next to the bottom of a column that was originally part of the monument that Ptolemy II and Arsinoe had given in the “Heptaechos.” The column was originally 10 meters tall and would have had a gild statue on it.
Katherine and the group enter into the stadium to begin the competition.
As stunned tourists look on, the Olympic race of the Greek FSP group gets to a heated start.
The group pushes harder and in the end Ben emerged as the victor.
Obviously, after such an exhausting race, the group victoriously walks back to where they had started.
Group shot in front of the Nymphaion at Olympia. This structure was created in the 2nd century BCE. It had a two-story façade which held many large-scale sculptures.
The group stands in front of the Philippeion. This round structure had an exterior colonnade of 18 Ionic columns and an interior one of 9 Corinthian columns. This building housed five chryselephantine statues of Philip II of Macedon, his wife, his parents, and his son, Alexander.
Katherine uses her ability of human scale to show just how large the terracotta acroterion from the Heraion was.
The Hermes of Praxiteles of Parian marble was found in the Temple of Hera in 1877 where Pausanias said it had stood. Hermes carries away the infant Dionysos to the nymphs of Mount Nysa so that Hera will not harm him.