我对希腊的了解是零散的、碎落的。随着年龄的增长，记忆的衰退，零散的碎落的仅成了一些字眼，比如雅典卫城，宙斯神庙，荷马史诗，米诺安、迈锡尼文明，还有日落日出时分爱琴海岛屿上一片片白色的屋顶与湛蓝的大海交相辉映。。。。。。
多少年我一直渴望将这些零散碎落的记忆一一串起，亲临奥林匹克的发源地，去仰望卫城，感受帕特农神庙的震撼；去拜谒阿伽门农的宫殿，触摸独眼巨人为迈锡尼修筑的城墙；去爱琴海边躅立；想象引发了十年特洛伊战争的海伦是如何美丽；去米克诺斯远望夕阳下的风车，去圣托里尼聆听蓝顶白色十字架间的风铃。。。。。。2012年9月，我带着这些渴望踏上了这个西方文明古国，开始了我的希腊之行。
我没有更多的语言，只希望我的图片能让您领略一下千年古国的风采。
（以下记录的英文翻译是因为有外国朋友看，初次尝试，仅为简单的译文，有不妥之处敬请大家批评指正。The English translation is for the foreign friends.）

我还是个小姑娘的时候，有天历史老师给我们讲古希腊的文明，那精美的图案就吸引了我，想不到几十年后的今天我也能拍出像模像样的照片了，（感谢新中国，感谢邓小平，感谢科技的发展，感谢互联网。。。。。。）以这张组合图作为开篇献给大家。(When I was a little girl, my history teacher told us the civilization of ancient Greece, the beautiful pictures attracted me so much. I could never image at that time I can take the photos in Greece many years later, I would like to show this picture as the first one to you all. )

宪法广场和议会大厦 到达雅典从机场乘坐X95路公交车到市中心非常方便，终点站就在著名的宪法广场附近。所以放下行李第一件事就是直奔宪法广场，宪法广场因希腊最初的宪法在此颁布而得名，是雅典重要的地标。广场其实非常小也很一般，可能不及我们天安门广场的十分之一，引游人前往的是这里的无名战士墓守卫哨兵的换岗仪式。Syntagma Square ( It is very easy to get to the city center by BUS X95 from the airport. The last stop is near the Square. Syntagma Square is famous because the constitutional law of Greece was proclaimed here. The square is so small, it is probably over ten times smaller than Tian Anmen Square of Beijing. Visitors go there because there is a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier there and the Parliament House.)

换岗仪式每小时一次，哨兵们表情严肃，动作非常认真到位，但希腊哨兵们传统的服饰及正步走法却时常让游客忍俊不禁。仪式结束后还有值班长官宣布“现在可以和士兵合影了”等等。(The ceremony of changing the guard is held every hour)

换岗仪式

游客围观哨兵换岗仪式。Tourists are watching the soldiers.

第二天天还未亮就起来了，心里惦记着日出卫城的景象，望着黑黢黢的小街不知道也不敢一个人出门。同行的妹妹对摄影毫无兴趣要睡懒觉，只好望着小巷尽头的天空盼着天亮。
我们投宿在普拉卡老城区，离卫城非常的近，但是普拉卡老城区纵横交错的小街小巷让人头晕，经常走着走着就分不清东南西北了，此为后话。
一路问到卫城大门口，买了套票12欧，套票是含四个景点的：卫城、宙斯神庙、古阿歌拉、罗马市集与风塔。(Package ticket is Euro 12, including Acroplis, the Temple of Olympian Zeus, Ancient Agora and Roman Agora & Tower of the wind.)
进入卫城第一个景点是这一排塑像展览馆，估计是几千年前古希腊的什么人物，希腊文看不懂，英文的也没有仔细看。(The first sight is the shed of exhibits. There are some statues here, we don’t know who they are. Maybe important persons in Ancient Greece. For Greek,we can’t read, for English, we didn’t read carefully. )

沿途经过的纪念碑，是哪一位伟人也不清楚。由于我们的重点是2个剧场和帕特农神殿，对这些就没有研究。(Monument Base)

来到了卫城山脚下。(At the foot of the Acroplis)

卫城的城墙。(The wall of Acroplis)

狄俄尼索斯剧场，建于公元前6世纪，在卫城南坡比较确切，因为是依山坡而建。据说可以容纳15000人，曾几何时，这里上演过无数的悲剧与喜剧。狄俄尼索斯也是古希腊神话中的酒与戏剧之神。(Theater of Dionysos, built in 6th century BC, Actually it is in the south slope of the Acroplis. It is said it can seat 15000 people. Many comedies and tragedies were played here in ancient Greece. Dionysos is the god of drama and wine in Greek mythology )

这是VIP专座。(these are VIP seats.)

半圆形舞台后面的塑像与浮雕。(After the stage, there are some statues based on the stories of Dionysos。 )

向往已久的雅典卫城
《Acropolis,希腊语，Acro的意思是“高地”，polis则是“城邦”，卫城意指高地的城邦，在希腊境内有多座Acropolis，但以雅典卫城最负盛名。》(Acropis is Greek language, Acro means high land, polis means city-state. Acroplis means city-state in highland. There are many Acroplis in Greece, but the most famous one is in Athens.)

俯瞰狄俄尼索斯剧场。(look down at the whole theater.)