Mieza, Aristotle's Cave
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Mieza, Aristotle's Cave
Dear Ruthaki,I would love to hear about your summer and what happened in your visit to Mieza. Would you please describe your tour of the school?Thanks so much,Jan
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Re: Mieza, Aristotle's Cave
What I should do is cut and paste the travel journal piece I wrote about this visit. But meanwhle I'll try to describe it from memory.
We took a taxi from Naoussa. It's not very far from the town in a green wooded valley near a river, with the limestone cliffs of a mountain behind it. Philip had the school built into the side of the mountain. You can see the grooves cut where the roof beams were. (I can write a more detailed description of this later but right now I'm at the library computer and my notes are at h ome). The 'class rooms' incorporated three different caves and also the spring which was dedicated to the Nymphs. One of the caves you can enter and there are still many stalagtites. You can see how they cut the entrances into the cave and tunnels into arched doorways. It must have been quite an outstanding place for the young boys to explore.
Aristotle was a scientist as well as philosopher so this place was perfect with the caves, forest, river, springs and waterfalls. Even now, though it's not very well excavated, you can see how beautiful it is. I took lots of photos and will perhaps put some up on my website some time later.
We took a taxi from Naoussa. It's not very far from the town in a green wooded valley near a river, with the limestone cliffs of a mountain behind it. Philip had the school built into the side of the mountain. You can see the grooves cut where the roof beams were. (I can write a more detailed description of this later but right now I'm at the library computer and my notes are at h ome). The 'class rooms' incorporated three different caves and also the spring which was dedicated to the Nymphs. One of the caves you can enter and there are still many stalagtites. You can see how they cut the entrances into the cave and tunnels into arched doorways. It must have been quite an outstanding place for the young boys to explore.
Aristotle was a scientist as well as philosopher so this place was perfect with the caves, forest, river, springs and waterfalls. Even now, though it's not very well excavated, you can see how beautiful it is. I took lots of photos and will perhaps put some up on my website some time later.
Re: Mieza, Aristotle's Cave
Hi Ruthaki,Welcome home. I am so glad to hear from you now that you are back. That sounds like a wonderful site to visit and it reminds me a bit of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.I will be sure to visit your site again. I had sent a letter there but it was returned, with some explanation that I have forgotten.Can't wait to see the pictures once you get them posted. As messages go into archives here so fast on this site, I have to be reminded.Thanks as I have been waiting to hear.Jan
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Ruth
Re: Mieza, Aristotle's Cave
It will be awhile before I get the photos developed but as I'm back at work this week I'll try to do it soon as possible. Just processing all the wonderful sights I saw. One was a second visit to Dodoni as well and that was wonderful.
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Ruth - I too managed to visit Dodoni again last
spring - amid a thunderstorm - quite
astounding! Did you get to Dion? In May I found they've
uncovered a bit there since I last visited about 4
years ago - the temple where Alexander would
have sacrificed before settling off for the east (by
the odion, which was falling into disrepair again
- I guess in the excitement of finding the
Macedonian temple, they chucked rather a lot of
the spoil heap on the Roman stuff!). The
hydralis/pipe organ is back in the museum -
sadly without the marvellous reconstruction I
heard played in London last year.I'll be glad to see your photos when they are up
on your site - mine are rather old & shabby &
taken in the usual rain/mist/fog I get treated to in
Greece! yours, with best wishes,wmp
spring - amid a thunderstorm - quite
astounding! Did you get to Dion? In May I found they've
uncovered a bit there since I last visited about 4
years ago - the temple where Alexander would
have sacrificed before settling off for the east (by
the odion, which was falling into disrepair again
- I guess in the excitement of finding the
Macedonian temple, they chucked rather a lot of
the spoil heap on the Roman stuff!). The
hydralis/pipe organ is back in the museum -
sadly without the marvellous reconstruction I
heard played in London last year.I'll be glad to see your photos when they are up
on your site - mine are rather old & shabby &
taken in the usual rain/mist/fog I get treated to in
Greece! yours, with best wishes,wmp