PRIENE

A very nice shot, Dimitris!

The coalescence of history and fast photography! I admire the construction of your scene. Ciao, Alx

Hola Dimitris.

Excelente trabajo, la definición es muy buena. Te felicito.

Un cordial saludo, Joaquín.

Nice work Dimitris! Interesting photo!  Cheers!

Clever and very pleasant image!

Into the wheels of modern times, again! nice take. compliments -koushik

Great! Best regards, Ilkka

A historical note. Priene was an Ionian Hellenistic city in antiquity largely untouched by the Romans.It had a harbour as it was build by the sea.

Today the sea that you see on the horizon is nine kilometers away. The

Meander river deposited silt and created the most fertile valley and

Priene faded away as it became a land bound city. The sections of the

fallen columns that you see supported the roof of the Temple of Athena.

A classic example of the Ionian order. Its architect, Pytheos, also

designed the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, but thought more of this

Temple, so much so that he wrote a book about it which was used as a

textbook by architects throughout the Mediterranean. An inscription on

the temple relates that Alexander the Great financed its completion. It

was Priene's most conspicuous landmark, visible for miles around. Here

the grey weathered surface of the stone hides a luminous cream-

coloured marble from mount Mycale, which the Greeks painted in bright

colours.

Thank you for your comments.

Thanks a lot for your rich historical synopsis, and thank you again because of the ancient greek sun you bring to my eyes (I know Priene is in Turkey now, but for me the soul of it still being Hellas). Clever composition and evoking color palette.

As you know I was exposed to some unusual Greek landscapes and history,with my Greek friends. It was such a great evidence of what the human Greek spirite was and is !

Thanks for this piece of history, that tells me that I have seen only a "drop" of this wonderful nation, and that I need to come again!

 Beautiful composition  of the past ,with the touch of red of nowadays!