Rob, myself, and our friend Nick had the opportunity to join Glenn Peers today on a trip to the Boeotian city of Orchomenos. Glenn is a Whitehead Professor this year at the American School and specializes in early Medieval and Byzantine art. He happened to have a rental car for an extra day after traveling through the Peloponnese with his family so he invited to join him in search of a 9th century CE Byzantine church. It was a very interesting church with a lot of spolia (reused material from earlier buildings) as you can see from the photo below.
Because of very low lighting the wall paintings inside the church were hard to capture. Glenn seemed to think that the paintings pictured below were done later than the 9th century.
Because of very low lighting the wall paintings inside the church were hard to capture. Glenn seemed to think that the paintings pictured below were done later than the 9th century.
Orchomenos also has a theater which dates from the 4th century BCE and according to inscriptions and dedications it was used for musical contests held in honor of the Graces (goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity and fertility).
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