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There were two things our tour guide, Constantine, really wanted us to know as we visited the Acropolis: The Parthenon was built by the citizens of Athens rather than slaves (i.e., as in Rome), and the Elgin marbles belong in Greece.

These statues of korai, or Greek maidens, support the south porch at the Erechtheion, also known as the Erechtheum.

The flag flies over a viewpoint at the northern end of the Acropolis.

After one climbs to the summit at the Acropolis, one gets an amazing view of Athens below. This perspective shows the Temple of Hephaestus in the foreground, just north of the Acropolis.

While this boat is a prop advertising a local taverna, the fishermen of Mykonos are still busy, particularly during the high season in the summers, catching fish to feed the tourists that flock to the island to party on its beaches.

Built by the Knights of Malta in the 14th century, this monastery and its grounds were renovated and rebuilt in the 1920s.

Trees frame the walkways through the settlement at Filerimos.

A much earlier settlement, called Ialyssos, had its own Acropolis here on Rhodes.

When Italians occupied this island in the 1920s, they tried to improve the grounds at Filerimos. They built a walk to Calvary, with stations of the cross leading to a large cross overlooking the island. (If you look closely, you'll see that the text…

Like most of the cities of ruins on higher ground, there are places with excellent vantage points of the more modern city below.