Odeon of Herodes Atticus

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This is an ancient theater, on the south side of the Acropolis, called Odeon of Herodes Atticus.

Named after its founder, it was built around 161 AD but it is still used for concerts, since it has one of the best acoustics in the world!

From Plasido Domingo to Diana Ross and from Andrea Bocelli to the Foo Fighters!!

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Talking about acoustics...it is amazing how people in the audience forget about that side of it....

Many years ago, Margot Fontein and Rudolf Nureyev (he was an explosively powerful dancer whose grace and beauty revolutionised ballet) appeared at this theatre, so our entire family went. We had seats in the front row and to one side of us we saw the younger brother of President Kennedy (with all his secret service agents) . He saw Maria Callas sitting (closer to us but on the other side of us) so he asked one of the agents to tell her he would like to meet her...would she please go to him.

When she heard the message (remember, she was a professional opera singer, so ... I doubt she forgot about the acoustics) she spoke clearly and, though she spoke softly, it was loud enough to be heard right at the back, "Tell Mr Kennedy a gentleman never asks a lady to go to him; he goes to her."

Everybody in the theatre laughed as Kennedy rushed over to apologise....

To me, that was the bonus to being present at a historical moment, for it was one of the last times the two worlds best ballet dancers danced together. I am not a lover of ballet, but the way these two danced...it was full of power, energy, grace ... and magic.

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Πραγματικά όλες τις εμπειρίες πρέπει να τις γράψεις σε ένα βιβλίο είναι άδικο να έχεις ζήσει τόσα πράγματα και να μην τα έχεις γράψει κάπου!!!!

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To dokimasa, alla stamatisa ena post prin teleioso me tin perigrafi mias empeirias mou, epeidi eida oti kanenas den to diavazei.

Mou thimizeis pou egrapsa gia to taksidi mou stin Saoudiki Aravia, me 'visa' apo to Israel sto diavatirio mou kai me parakalese o filos na to ksana-grapso san post...alla, gia pio logo? Oti kai na grapso, kanenas den ta diavazei. Gia afto stamatisa na kano posts me mikra paramythia kai ta ποιήματα mou.

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Σε αυτό έχεις δίκιο.... Ότι είναι πάνω από μία παράγραφο οι άνθρωποι εδώ δεν κάθονται το διαβάσουν.... Ίσως να μην υπάρχει τόσος χρόνος....

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Den symfono. Pigaine se vivliopoleio kai tha deis oti akoma ehoun pelates. Den eho dei periptero gia hronia tora, alla otan eimoun ekei, eitan olla fortomena me periodika kai vivlia.

Yparhoun alla sites pou mporeis na katevaseis vivlia horis pliromi...kai vlepeis megala noumera otan deihnoun posoi katevasan ta vivlia.

Edo o kosmos dein erhete gia na diavasei, oute gia na mathei nea, oute na dei omorfes fotografies. Erhonte gia na vgaloun lefta.

Akoma kai aftoi pou se kanoun upvote...kai eas einai filoi, oi pio polloi aplos vazoun auto-vote bot na se prifisi opote dei oti ekanes post.

Eprepe na to eihan ftiaksi to steemit na min mporei na doulepsoun ta bots - alles platformes den ta epitrepoun. To steemit eprepe na einai "social platform" alla, gia na einai social, prepei ta meloi na epikoinonoun metaksi tous - etsi den einai? Afto pou kanoume emeis, apo ta 40,000 posts kai comments, nomizeis epokoinonoune polloi alloi san emas?

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oxi den epikinonoun!!!! oute comments kanoun!!!!

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Es poume, den kanoun gnisia comments. Mono lene, bravo, oraia fotografia, kai alla tetaia.

Milisa to proi me mia gynaika pou mou eipe oti egine registered se olla ta platforms pou doulevoun sto steem blockchain. Den kanei posts ekei, alla, vazei to onoma tous sta tags (nomizo sto Palnet epeidi epitrepei parapano tags kai emfanizete to post edo, sto steemit).

Moul leei oti se olous tous logariasmous tis pairnei tokens kai me rotise ti na ta kanei. Tis eipa den ehoun aksia. Afise ta na mazeftoun kai opote deis oti anevikan se aksia, tote ta poulas kai isos na einai hrisimo to poso. Ti na to kaneis ean vgaleis mono gia na agoraseis ena kafedaki?

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akribos de exei aksia!!!!

p.s. simera ekana to teleytaio post!to steem tha to kratisw mono gia sena!

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Den tha kaneis post se kamia platforma?

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Θα κάνω μόνο στον διαγωνισμό φωτογραφίας στο whaleshares και τίποτα άλλο....
Μπορεί που και που να ανεβάζω εδώ κάτι αλλά πραγματικά κουράστηκα...

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Epeidi eprepe, me to zori kai otan den itheles, na kaneis post kathe mera?

Ego to kano gia diko mou skopo, opos kseries, alla, nomizo oti tha vreis, otan eheis ksekourasti, oti ta pio spania sou post tha se efharistoun kai tha dimiourgounte apo pio vathia. Nomizo oti den to ksereis, alla ean syngrineis ta teleftaia sou post me afta apo ena hrono prin, tha deis oti tora deihneis ton pragmatiko sou eafto kai mas afineis na doume to Niko pou ekrives.

Pes mou, merika apo ta post sou, den sou anoiksan ta matia sou gia tin Athina kai tin istoria mas? Meletises gia na doseis tin istoria tous otan mas ekanes post tois fotografies sou...kai etsi, emathes kai esei.

Polles fores, otan nomizoume oti mono diname, horis na to katalavainame, pername kai gia ton eafto mas. Afto to etos se orimase - kai me efharistise otan eida oti emeines o Nikos pou proto-gnorisa, kai den afises tin zoi na se pikrani.

I pikra mono mas kleinei ta matia mas kai san ta gialia tou iliou, filtraroun ti vlepoume, krivontas apo emas oti einai omorfo.

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Έτσι είναι όπως το λες.... Σίγουρα πήραμε και πράγμα.... Έμαθα πολλά πράγματα και είδα άμα τα πούμε ίσως υπό άλλες συνθήκες να μην ενδιαφερόμουν και τόσο....

Το ανώριμα σεα πραγματικά δεν ξέρω.... Αλλά ότι δεν άφησα την πικρία με επηρεάσει δεν την άφησα...
Πιστεύω ότι βρήκα τη δύναμη και δεν επηρεάστηκα λόγω του μικρού....

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Den sou to eipan prin kaneis paidi - tous dinoume zoi, kai meta, ekeini mas deinoun zoi.

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Wow... It looks incredible!!! Some years ago I was visiting the Odeon near Ioannina, it is called Dodoni, if I am not wrong. It was fantastic too!

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Thank you very much. yes, there is Dodoni near to Ioannina... :)

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