καιρός remembered

The past and the present

In the foreground are the columns of the Temple of Athena in the ancient Greek city of Priene, in Turkey. In the background lie the neatly laid-out fields of the plain below.

Archaic Priene had a seaport, but the mouth of the River Meander silted up over time, during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Since then, the city has lain inland, next to a fertile plain. Past and present side by side, 24 centuries apart.

Photo of the week: Pillar drums of the Temple of Athena, Priene, Turkey 2003