The 1687 Explosion That Destroyed The Parthenon
Today, the Parthenon, built on the Acropolis of Athens between 447 and 438 B.CE, is more or less a collection of roofless pillars. However, although over the years there had been many...
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Today, the Parthenon, built on the Acropolis of Athens between 447 and 438 B.CE, is more or less a collection of roofless pillars. However, although over the years there had been many...
Philhellenism comes from the Greek word “philos”, meaning friend and Hellenism, meaning Greekness (for want of a better word), it is to have a love, a passion, an enthusiasm, an obsession even,...
The Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae is a unique, one-of-a-kind ancient Greek sanctuary, dedicated to the god Apollo Epicurius (“Apollo the helper”). It is located approximately 230 km south of Athens,...
Every culture has its own unique, sometimes quirky, customs and traditions. Greece is no exception and seems to have more than its fair share of Christmas and New Year celebrations. The twelve...
You may think a nymph, in Greek folklore female spirits of nature, is just a nymph, however, when it comes to Greek mythology, nothing is as simple as that! There are a...
During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, statues of Aphrodite were everywhere; mostly modeled on Praxiteles’s Aphrodite of Knidos, the first naked female Greek statue and the most widely copied in the world....
Could the twelve Days of Dionysus, a no-holds-barred celebration of the birth of the Greek god of wine and fertility, held just after the winter solstice, in the second half of the...
‘Future ages will wonder at us as the present age wonders at us now’ Pericles of Athens Greece: sunny skies, golden beaches and sparkling seas but scratch the surface and...
In ancient Greece, so said the philosopher, Aristotle, ‘women would bring disorder and evil and were utterly useless and caused more confusion than the enemy’. The characterization of women in Greek mythology was...
Greece, one of the most loved and highly regarded tourist destinations, home to one of the World’s oldest civilizations, dating back thousands of years, is a treasure trove of ancient temples, sanctuaries...