Temple of Sounion Of the many things to do in the Athens Riviera, visiting Ca- pe Sounion probably ranks top. This magnificent desti - nation unites cultural signifi - cance and the unforgettable sunsets at the Temple of Po- seidon. Everything appears so peace- ful here, with the Aegean stret- ching out below you, but the winds can actually make this a very dangerous spot. The ships of antiquity would on-
načno je bilo dosta. Uvukao se među mladić e koje je tre - balo žrtvovati, ubio Minotau - ra i izašao iz čuvenog lavirin - ta uz pomoć Arijadne, ć erke kralja Minosa. Međutim, vra - aju i se ku i, zaboravio je da promeni crna jedra svog broda u bela – dogovoreni signal da je putovanje bilo uspešno i da je još uvek živ. Kralj Egej, nestrpljivo iščeku - juć i povratak svog sina sto - je i na najužnijem delu Ati - ke, na rtu Sunion, ugledao je crna jedra i u očaju se bacio u more, daju i mu tako svo - je ime.
taur. After too many tributes of young men and women from Athens being sacrifi - ced to the monster of Knos- sos, Thisseus, son of King Ae- gus, had finally had enough. He placed himself among the young men to be sacrifi - ced, slayed the Minotaur, and made his way out of the fa- mous labyrinth with the help of Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos. Upon his victo- rious return, however, he for- got to change the black sails of his ship to white ones – the agreed signal that the voyage had been a success and that he was still alive. King Aegus, who was anxiously awaiting his son’s return from this very spot, saw the black sails and, in his despair, leapt to the sea below, ending his life and gi- ving the sea its name. Today The Temple that we see to- day is formidable – once wi- th columns numbering 13 on the long sides and 6 at each end, while entirely enclosed at the centre of the temple was the Naos - the hall of wors- hip. None of these elements remain, but it would have mu- ch resembled the one at the Temple of Hephaestus in the Ancient Agora of Athens and it is believed that this temple was actually a work of the sa- me architect. The Naos conta- ined an enormous cult, bron- ze statue of Poseidon. Many of the columns are long gone too, but enough of the original structure is intact to give one a full sense of its grandeur. Li- ke the Parthenon, the columns of the Temple of Poseidon are in the Doric order, prized for its austere beauty. The Fame One of the most interesting sights at the Temple of Po- seidon comes from a mu- ch later era. This was one of
Ovi ogromni stubovi okupani zlatnom svetlošć u prizor su koji nikada neć ete zaboraviti The temple’s formidable columns bathed in golden light are a sight that you will never forget
ly consider themselves as ha- ving arrived home safely once they passed this famous ca- pe. It was, in other words, the perfect place to build a tem- ple to the god of the sea and seek his benevolent interven- tion. The temple of Poseidon that we still admire today was built during the Golden Age of Athens, in the middle of the 5 th century BC, very close to the time that the Parthenon was built. Mythology Lovers of Greek Mythology know this place well, given that this very spot is said to have given the Aegean Sea its name. The story actually be- gins in Crete, with the Mino-
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