I made my way to Sounion because after I visited the temple of Zeus, I wanted to see what the other god's temples looked like compared to Zeus's. Apparently, Sounion is a sacred area in Greece and the temple was similar to other buildings built by Pericles. From what I had heard, the temple was built on top of another temple that was being built at an earlier time. I couldn't find any information on that previous building since it was to time, but I do know that apparently during the Persian war that temple was destroyed. I asked locals what the temple looked like before I arrived, and I was told that the temple was over twenty feet tall with a total of 34 columns. The details weren't as great as Zeus's temple but you could still see mythological stories played out in pictures that show battles between Centaurs and Lapiths. Like any other temple, this was temple was used to pray to the god Poseidon and to bring sacrifices as offerings to him as a sign of worship. When I arrived to the site, I was sad to see that the temple has been burned down and left in ruin. It looked as if the entire roof of the building was missing and only about thirteen of the 34 columns survived, everything on the inside was also missing.
When I asked around to figure out what had happened, I was told that the temple was burned down many nights ago by a mysterious person. The unfortunate sight of the temple was very sad and disappointing but the view from where it would stand was very beautiful. Behind the temple was an amazing view of the sea where I could see other parts of Greece and other monuments that I could go see.

Sources:
Primary- Brownson, Carleton L., trans. “Xenophon, Hellenica Carleton L. Brownson, Ed.” Perseus Digital library. Harvard University Press. Accessed December 2, 2022. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0206%3Abook&highlight=poseidon.

Secondary- “Temple of Poseidon - Ancient Greece.” Ancient-Greece.org. Accessed December 2, 2022. https://ancient-greece.org/architecture/temple-poseidon-sounio.html.