Origin of an old museum ticket
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I found a twin for both tickets pasted into my mother’s diary for July 1982, when she and my father did a tour of Greece. These were her proof of payment for visiting these two historic sites (July 18 and 21). She said the guides were exceptionally entertaining and informative. Bought a book about Mycenae in a gift shop at the “archaic temple”.
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I guess those are greek tickets (εισιτηριον) for excavation sites or museums. The EP and MYK correspond to the location, ancient epidaurus (Palaia epidauros, ancient epidauros) and mykene.
The vertical writing on the left points to the printing company, Aspioti-ELKA that was declared bancrupt in 1997.
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The text above the first image is in both Greek alphabet and in English, the latter being:
(He did did not seem to be resting, but his mind was in action and he seemed to be revolving some subtle plan ...)
More on the background of the Palatine Anthology and it's significance is available here (pp 362)
The Palatine Anthology was discovered in Heidelberg in 1606, and is a collection of approximately 3700 epigrams, or poems, derived from the collection compiled by the Byzantine protopapas (archpriest) Constantine Cephelas around 900 AD.
The second image is of the Lion Gate in Mycenae:
and is accompanied by a poem fragment that is attributed to the Greek Anthology, which is the collective title for the Palatine Anthology and the smaller Planudea Anthology.
The text underneath the first image translates into English as Archaia Epidavros, the current name for a small fishing village at the east coast of the Peloponnese.
The text above the price on both stamps translates into Latin lettering as Eisithirion, the Greek word for ticket. (Observe also the perforations along the left edge of both images.)
Update:
OP's guess that they are museum tickets might explain the dual Greek/English wording.
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These are tickets to the archaeological sites of Epidaurus (which includes the still in use theatre) and Mycenae. In the Epidaurus ticket, the images are of the Athenian Pnyx and the orator Demosthenes. In the Mycenae ticket you can see the Lion Gate, as Pieter Geerkens already mentioned.
The fine print on the left (the printing company's name) is written in katharevousa. This and the price (70 drachmas) points to the tickets being issued sometime in the 70s or early 80s.
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