Ancient Athens

Measurements: July - September 2002
Photographs: 2010

A miniature of Gaia

These circles have all a radius of 1400 MC (635.6775 m). The first one around the Acropolis (K1) shows that some of the most important monuments of ancient Athens have been built about 1400 MC away from the center of the Parthenon.

If we stand on the summit of the Hill of the Muses (Monument of Philopappos), we'll see that the temple of Hephaestos and the summit of Mt. Parnes are in a straight line. If we walk a few steps away from this monument (at point E), we will observe that the center of the Parthenon and the summit of Lykabettos Hill are also in a straight line. The distance EL is 4r (two diameters).

The  Acharnikae or Acharnian Gates are located at the junction  of Aeolos and Euripides Streets under the National Bank of Greece (in the Themistoclean wall, north of the Acropolis).

Kotzia Square (looking SW)

The Acharnian Gates are near the upper left corner of this picture. This ancient road led to the deme (district) of Acharnae near Mt. Parnes.

Equal distances and alignments

In Kyllou Pera on Hymettos, Kephalos (or Cephalus), "son" (descendant) of Deion, "son" of Aeolos, killed his wife Prokris accidentally while they had gone there for hunting. This happened in prehistoric times before Herakles.

In this area there were many sanctuaries for Rhea, Demeter and Kore (Persephone), Aphrodite and Artemis, as well as a spring. The spring was called Kyllou Pera (or Kallia or Kylia) and its water was thought to be useful for the pregnant women. The Kaisariani Monastery was built on the same site with stones from the ancient ruins. The spring, to the east of the monastery, still exists today.

Prehistoric and ancient Greek architects, who were initiated in the Great Eleusinian Mysteries, did not build their temples, sanctuaries and other important monuments by chance; they were selecting the sites very carefully according to the oracles from Delphi and then used geometry. Everything had to be perfect. (Most other well-known people (philoshophers and writers) were not initiated in the Mysteries and they didn't know the great secrets).