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steventagle

Steven Tagle is a writer, photographer, and philhellene. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Institute of Current World Affairs, Asian American Writers' Workshop, Lambda Literary, and Fulbright Greece, as well as a Soros Fellowship for New Americans. A graduate of the UMass Amherst MFA, he has been published in The Common, Bomb, them, Los Angeles Review of Books, and Nea Estia. Originally from California, he now lives in Switzerland.

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Theatre of Dionysus

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

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Santorini, Greece

Prehistoric Town of Akrotiri

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

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Atlantis Books

A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.

Asia London Palomba

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First Cemetery of Athens

The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.

Aika

Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

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Anafiotika

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

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Argolis, Greece

Mycenae

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

ShannonMDunn

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Heraklion, Greece

Knossos

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

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Hadrian's Reservoir

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

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Lycabettus Funicular

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

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The Athenian Agora

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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Zakinthos, Greece

Navagio Beach

Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.

Grubor

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Antikythera Mechanism

A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.

Trevor

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Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.

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The Oracle of Delphi

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

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