I recently took my camera to the summit of Lycabettus to experiment with my camera at night. This was one of the better shots, showing the Panathenaic Stadium. The stadium was built in the 4th century BC to host the Panathenaic games. At that time the stadium actually had wooden seats, but in the 2nd century AD Herodes Atticus rebuilt the stadium, this time using Pentelic marble (the same marble that was used to build the Parthenon). In more modern times, the remnants of the stadium were excavated and restored to it's 2nd century condition in order to host the first modern Olympics in 1896, and it was recently used in 2004 as the finish line for the marathon. It will again be used as the grand finish line on November 13th as my friends, Zac and Julie come to participate in the Athens Classic Marathon. Julie will be running the 5K portion of the race, while Zac will run the entire marathon. I will definitely be waiting in the stands for their finish!
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