Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Last weekend I wrote that I was snowed in in Athens and in case you didn't believe me, here I am standing on the rocky platform of the Pnyx from where, I'm told, Demosthenes addressed his fellow (free & male) Athenians in the cockpit of democracy.
There is a sweeping, spectacular view, on the right the Acropolis in front of Mount Hymettos:
To the centre, looking across the main assembly area down to the Agora or market place, you can just see the reconstructed Stoa:
And to your left you can see Parnitha
I'm told that Pericles addresses the assembly from below, facing upwards rather than from above, in which case he did not have such a good view but he'd have been easier to hear.
Hat tip to Costas and Lydia Carras
and special blessing to Marina and Martin
