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Kalimera Ellada

            The Temple of Poseidon, perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea at Cape Sounion. It was constructed in 444-440 BC around the same time as the Parthenon in Athens.

Located at the southernmost tip of the Attic peninsula it is the landmark that heralded the ancient mariners' homecoming.

The earliest literary reference to Sounion is in Homer's Odyssey. The story recounts that as the various Greek commanders sailed back from Troy, the helmsman of the ship of King Menelaus of Sparta died at his post while rounding "Holy Sounion, Cape of Athens"

Byron mentions Sounion in his poem Isles of Greece:
Place me on Sunium's marbled steep,
Where nothing, save the waves and I,
May hear our mutual murmurs sweep...

The Photo was shot from outside the site at 8:00am. 
Despite the published opening hours, the site actually opens at 9:30. I had to make a choice whether I wait for the guardians to open the gate or make it back to the airport for my flight home. Sadly, I caught the flight.
   

Taken in: Ελλάδα / Attica / Lavreotiki (show map)

Taken on: March 29, 2018

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Camera: Nikon D800E, f/7.1, 1/100 sec, 200mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D800E
Lens:	70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	200mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
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