Lia Mageira (she/her) is a Greek travel and art photographer based in Athens and holds a degree from the University of West Attica, Greece. Her work has been published by the BBC and by Spectaculum Magazine, Private Photography Review, Sunlight Press, Edge of Humanity, Star82Review, Open Eye Stories, Street Photography Magazine, Orion Magazine, Mud Season Review, and Zoetic Press Review. She has been the cover artist of Rivanna Review, Absynthe Magazine, Josephine Quarterly Journal, and Typehouse Journal. She has also appeared in the Greek daily newspapers LIFO, Efsyn, and Ethnos. Lia has written many travel articles based on the philosophy of Ethical Travel in Frsthand Magazine, Resonate Travel, Greek Reporter, and others. She was a 2020 – 2021 Best of the Net nominee.
“This photo essay describes the ancient Greek temple of Aphaia on Aegina Island in Greece. The temple was erected in approximately 500 – 490 BCE. According to Greek Mythology, Britomartis was pursued by Minos, the king of Crete Island, who had fallen in love with her. She jumped into the sea to save herself. She was rescued by fishermen. One of them also fell in love with her. The goddess Artemis saved Britomartis, and the inhabitants of Aegina built a temple in her honour. They called it Aphaia, meaning ‘invisible.’ The temple is a Doric, peripteral hexastyle with twelve columns on the flanks and is the best-preserved archaic temple in Greece nowadays.”
