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JOIN ME AS I EMBARK ON AN ODYSSEY THROUGH GREECE, LAND OF THE GODS. FROM THE AMBER OF ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT, THE WESTERN WORLD HAS BASKED IN THE GLORIOUS INSPIRATION OF THE GREEK MYTHS.

It is a steep climb up to the entrance of the Acropolis, which dates to 438 B.C. and embraces the Parthenon and other temples to the Greek gods.