April 21, 2005
April 21 Photos: Laura
In the Olympia Museum, Abby examines the best assemblage of Greek helmets anywhere– the one-piece bronze helmets range from the 8th to the 5th century BC and, while either in the Corinthian or Illyrian style, have many variations
The twelve metopes from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia depict the twelve canonical labors of Heracles in mostly innovative ways – in the first metope, Heracles is depicted as a beardless youth who is weary after slaying the Nemean Lion, while a maiden Athena offers solace
In the last metope, on the other hand, Heracles is a mature, bearded man while the fully-armed Athena directs him in cleaning the Augean stables
The group examines the west pediment from the Temple of Zeus, which tells the story of the Lapiths and the Centaurs in the Early Classical sculptural style
The Early Classical style, or Severe style, is typified by a sideways gaze, shifted weight, a heavy chin and eyelids, and a ‘severe pout,’ as this Young Zeus or Apollo demonstrates
This Lapith woman shows another characteristic of the Early Classical style: ‘doughy,’ unrealistic drapery
In the Museum of the Olympic Games, a marble relief from the Roman Imperial period shows Heracles killing the Nemean Lion in a more traditional way than the Olympia metope did– here, the event is shown in-progess, with Heracles fighting the beast
The rugged hills of Arcadia make a dramatic backdrop to the Temple of Apollo Epikourious…
Or a circus tent?? This canopy has housed the Temple of Apollo at Bassae since 1987 as a means of preserving the building
Under the Big Top, the beautiful Doric columns of this Classical temple still stand strong, as they have continuously since the 5th century BC
The columns at Bassae are especially impressive since they are so closely jointed – it is difficult to discern the column drums that make them up
The Bassae temple is known for having a few oddities, including an attached, inner Ionic colonnade, seen here through the equally odd doorway on the east side of the building
Katherine and the remains of another oddity of the temple –its magnificent ceiling had different types of coffers over each section of the building
Prof. Rutter walks through the brick-lined basin of the fountain house at Lykosoura
Ben and Caleb search for the brick-lined floor of the cistern at Lykosoura – the stairs Katherine are on would have been used to clean the cistern out
The Theater at Megalopolis was the largest in Ancient Greece, seating 21,000 people on fifty-nine rows of seats