16/11/2011
A nice cold Autumn morning. This time a visit in Boeotia was on the plan. Boetia is a really historical land, from every aspect you look at. A land of legends , wars , Myths and Mysteries. One of the most important, at this land is where Asia crushed, at the battle of Plataea. There was a lot for our eyes to see and our legs to walk. I think within one day we saw a lot of them. Late at night when i arrived home tired as hell, i thought for one more time. Our Heritage is our wealth!
For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeotia
The journey to Boeotia had four stations. Pictures of them are below.
PART I - REMEMBERING THE FIRES OF MOUNT CITHAERON
"Here the trunks of the oaks are the largest in Boeotia. To this grove come the Plataeans, and lay out portions of boiled flesh. They keep a strict watch on the crows which flock to them, but they are not troubled at all about the other birds. They mark carefully the tree on which a crow settles with the meat he has seized. They cut down the trunk of the tree on which the crow has settled, and make of it the daedalum; for this is the name that they give to the wooden image also."
"The fire seizes the altar and the victims as well, and consumes them all together. I know of no blaze that is so high, or seen so far as this."
PAUSANIAS BOOK IX - BOEOTIA
PART I - REMEMBERING THE FIRES OF MOUNT CITHAERON
"Here the trunks of the oaks are the largest in Boeotia. To this grove come the Plataeans, and lay out portions of boiled flesh. They keep a strict watch on the crows which flock to them, but they are not troubled at all about the other birds. They mark carefully the tree on which a crow settles with the meat he has seized. They cut down the trunk of the tree on which the crow has settled, and make of it the daedalum; for this is the name that they give to the wooden image also."
"The fire seizes the altar and the victims as well, and consumes them all together. I know of no blaze that is so high, or seen so far as this."
PAUSANIAS BOOK IX - BOEOTIA
PART II - STANDING IN THE BATTLEFIELD OF PLATAEA
For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Plataea
PART III - OBSERVING FROM THE FORTRESS OF ELEUTHERAI
PART IV - GAINING STRENGTH IN AIGOSTHENA FORTRESS
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