The Acropolis at Rhodes
The ancient Greek games arena that used to seat 28,000 on the hill at the back of Rhodes is worth a look.The hill is named Monte Smith (obviously they heard I was coming!) it also has a bit of an old temple and a small Greek theatre (odeon) plus some, as yet buried, ruins.The excavations, done by the Italians between great wars, have unearthed some interesting stuff but, the highlight for me was the small museum on site. Some of the stories and facts were amazing.Like the long jumpers used weights in their hands to assist them at take off, there were mechanical starting gates for the runners and all athletes competed nude because a women faked her sex once and they weren't going to get caught again!There's also the wonderful legend of the father whose sons had won medals and they came to celebrate with him and do a victory lap but, sadly, he had a heart attack and died.I also have to...
