It’s happened again… and the monster of Corinth

Posted On: Oct 1st, 2015 at 22:16

Greece
Day Three: Thermopylae and Corinth
I’m pretty lost for words today.
Standing on Kolonos Hill – the site where the 300 Spartans made their last stand against the Persian army in 480 BC – I had the same experience as I did at Marathon two days ago.
And after a three-hour drive to Corinth on the edge of the Peloponnese I was astounded by the size of the Doric columns on the temple of Apollo. For scale, I purposely took the photo below with the woman on the left. She is only about fifteen feet behind the temple so yes, your jaw should be dropping too.
I took 522 photos at Corinth so it slips into second place behind Delphi. This really is becoming an obsession!

 

The spot where the 300 Spartans made their last stand against the Persian army in 480 BC. All 300 of them are buried here. To the right of the circular monument I had the same experience as at Marathon - tingling feelings, hairs stood on end and goose bumps on my arms. It also happened on the battlefield below the hill where most of the fighting took place between the Persians and the Greeks

The spot where the 300 Spartans made their last stand against the Persian army in 480 BC. All 300 of them are buried here. To the right of the circular monument I had the same experience as at Marathon – tingling feelings, hairs stood on end and goose bumps on my arms. It also happened on the battlefield below the hill where most of the fighting took place between the Persians and the Greeks

The massive temple of Apollo at Corinth. I was astounded at the size of the columns and concluded only the use of cranes would get the blocks on the top.

The massive temple of Apollo at Corinth. I was astounded at the size of the columns and concluded only the use of cranes would get the blocks on the top.