Taylor and Todd visiting Acropolis

February 8, 1958.

Elisabeth Taylor with then husband Michael (Mike) Todd visiting the Acropolis.

Taylor had married Todd a year ago, in February 2, 1957.
Only a month after these photographs were taken, Todd died tragically in a plane crash.

From Dub to Dubstep

(photo source HERE)

(photo source HERE)

Though by now it is over, these are two posters from a music event that took place in Athens two days ago

All three of them legendary, all looking their age

Van Morrison and Bob Dylan performing "Crazy Love" with Acropolis in the background, for a BBC documentary.

"BBC2 filmed a career overview entitled One Irish Rover in 1991, which opened with Van Morrison and Bob Dylan singing a duet on the Hill of the Muses above Athens, Greece. Dylan and Morrison performed duets on "Crazy Love" "Foreign Window" and "One Irish Rover". The Independent described "the Irish singer flanked by Bob Dylan and the Acropolis: all three of them legendary, all looking their age, and all a waste of time talking to with a microphone in your hand."

(Information source HERE)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I warmly thank Aleksandar, an archaeologist from Belgrade, who kindly brought this to my attention.

Acropolis Adieu

An international hit song.
Composed by Christian Bruhn, performed by Mireille Mathieu


English version



The leaves are falling all around.
The summer's gone, now autumn's here.
And I must leave the love I found
And hope we meet again next year.

Acropolis adieu, goodbye my love.
I won't forget those summer nights, by candlelight,
The golden days together.
Acropolis adieu.




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French version


Ce soir le vent vient de la mer
Septembre est là, l'été s'en va
Et le bonheur est éphémère
Comme les fleurs qui meurent déjà

Acropolis adieu, adieu l'amour
Les roses blanches d'Athénée se sont fanées
On s'est aimés quelques jours
Acropolis adieu





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German version


Es war September in Athen,
der letzte Abend war so leer,
ich fragte ihn, wann kommst du wieder,
da sagte er, vielleicht nie mehr.

Akropolis adieu, ich muß gehen,
die weißen Rosen sind verblüht,
was ist geschehen,
ich wär so gern geblieben

I want to believe

Photograph VIA

J-Lo on the Acropolis

 

Jennifer Lopez photographed on the Acropolis (September 2008)

(more information and photographs HERE)



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On a relevant note, it seems J. Lopez and husband M. Anthony are interested in the ancient past in more ways than one: they own a small collection of antiquities. 


Information found in Dorothy King's PhDiva blog post HERE. 

Paul Barford has written an extremely interesting post on the subject in his blog HERE.

Aeroplane menu

Boeing 707-320, Super Fan Jet "City of Athens"

Flight menu

Composite Acropolis