Muscari comosum

802_3172NX [Muscari comosum]

Photographed at Kaisariani on March 17, 2016

Orobanche pubescens

802_3573 NX [Orobanche pubescens]

 detail

802_3573 NX [Orobanche pubescens]

Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on April 11, 2016

Ophrys speculum

802_3211 [Ophrys speculum]

Photographed in Kaisariani on March 17, 2016

Viola hymettia

802_3411 [Viola hymettia]

Photographed on Mt. Parnitha on March 26, 2016

Zeus or Poseidon?

8011966 [Zeus or Poseidon?]

A bronze statue of either Zeus or Poseidon. His exact identification as Zeus or Poseidon is controversial but the former is considered more probable. It was found in the sea of Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea. The god extends his left arm before his body, while holding a thunderbolt [or a trident if Poseidon] in his right hand. It is one of the few preserved original statues of the Severe Style, notable for the exquisite rendering of motion and anatomy; undoubtedly, the work of a great sculptor of the early Classical period (about 460 BC).
 

 Detail

8012815 [Zeus or Poseidon? Detail]

 Both photographed within the National Archaeological Museum in Athens [here]
on January 18, 2014

Silene colorata

802_2862 [Silene colorata]

 Photographed on Mt. Hymittos on March 03, 2016

Romulea ramiflora

801_3893 NX [Romulea ramiflora]

Photographed on Mt. Parnitha on April 09, 2014

Viola odorata

802_3421 [Viola odorata]

 Photographed on Mt. Parnitha on March 26, 2016

Eruca vesicaria

802_3202 [Eruca vesicaria]

A very common, humble, weed that I had never before taken the trouble to look at carefully from very close.
Yet, so beautiful, so well-endowed by Nature! 
I think I owe it an apology.
  
Photographed in Kaisariani on March 17, 2016