Delfi

As the road climbed the mountain toward Delfi, we were soon above the “Sea of Olives,” with olive trees from the mountain to the sea. The Delfi ruin is on the side of a hill. The town was founded before 600 BC, lasted until about 400 AD, about a 1,000 years of existence. Excavation started in 1892, and they had to remove a village built on top of the ruins, then excavated as deep as 66 feet to find parts of old Delfi.

In old Delfi there is the Agora (market), the Treasury, a Temple, a Greek Theater, and on top of the mountain, is the Amphitheater. It was a hot day so Emmy didn’t climb to the very top. A good thing, as the climb from Theater to Amphitheater was not easy. As I was just leaving the Delfi Amphitheater, maybe 20 feet below the entrance, an elderly (yes, older than some people I know) lady asked if it was worth her effort to climb to the top. I said since she was 20 feet from the top, I would say yes, but had she asked the same question as she was ready to leave the Theater, a long way below, I would have said no.