The Allure of Greek Temples
The glory yet burden of living in Greece can be the very richness of classical beauty here, there, and everywhere. The burden is especially heavy for those, such as myself, forever smitten with Classical Greece and compulsive about seeing and doing whatever I think I should. During my four years living there—plus various vacations there before and after my residence—there was always one more temple or archaeological site that had to be visited. The only thing I didn’t like about them was that they were always atop high hills and climbing in up the eternal heat was hard! It took me several years in residence just to be content to settle down on Kolonaki Square in Athens and sip iced coffee and flirt with the waiter. Ah, but those ancient temples! Following, in no order except prominence in my memory and heart, are some of my favorites: Epidavros Theatre, near Naphlion, where I lived for a summer, in north Peloponnese. Ancient theatre with fantastic acoustics, every sum...
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