I must admit I’ve never read Homer, and I I didn’t really understand the plot hole with upstairs vs. downstairs and the olive tree, but some of my family came from Smyrna and went on to become architects, so they would have found this interesting. I regret not entering Old Smyrna when I was in Izmir, although I was fascinated by the changing-direction traffic lights outside of it. Pretty engrossing stuff!
It’s hard to visit Old Smyrna. On the one hand, it’s free because it’s an archaeological site and visitors wander around while people are unloading wheelbarrows of dirt or re-assembling pottery. It is also closed on the weekends when archaeologists are at home. Still, it is a key to pre-Hellenistic times along the Aegean coast and well worth the effort. Thanks for reading.
I must admit I’ve never read Homer, and I I didn’t really understand the plot hole with upstairs vs. downstairs and the olive tree, but some of my family came from Smyrna and went on to become architects, so they would have found this interesting. I regret not entering Old Smyrna when I was in Izmir, although I was fascinated by the changing-direction traffic lights outside of it. Pretty engrossing stuff!
It’s hard to visit Old Smyrna. On the one hand, it’s free because it’s an archaeological site and visitors wander around while people are unloading wheelbarrows of dirt or re-assembling pottery. It is also closed on the weekends when archaeologists are at home. Still, it is a key to pre-Hellenistic times along the Aegean coast and well worth the effort. Thanks for reading.