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The ancient Greeks knew the star Canis Majoris by various names including: Sirius, derived from the Greek word Σείριος (Seirios), meaning glowing or scorching, Sothis (Σῶθις), which is also the Egyptian word for...
Hetairai (ancient Greek courtesans), the polite term for a ‘kept mistress’, were beautiful, sophisticated, educated and respected women who were, without a doubt, the most liberated women of ancient Greece. They were...
Little to nothing is known about The Eleusinian Mysteries and probably never will be as nothing was ever written down. Participants of this member’s only cult were sworn to secrecy; to spill...
For thousands of years the moon has been both worshiped and feared in Greece, even Hippocrates the ancient Greek physician and father of Western medicine understood the power of the moon and...
Although the ancient Greeks mostly believed illness to be a divine punishment and that the cure or remedy was a gift from the gods, they were not afraid to seek help from...
Greeks and Italians: ‘Una Faccia, Una Razza’ – ‘one face, one race’. The ancient Greeks and Romans, created unique styles of architecture, together known as classical architecture and constructed some of the...
Marie Spartali Stillman, Aglaia Ionides Coronio and Maria Cassavetti Zambaco were talented artists and muses of Pre-Raphaelite painters, known as “The Three Graces”, owing to their Greek heritage, beauty and intellect. They grew...
At the time, 396 BC, the victory of Cynisca, a Spartan princess and according to Pausanius, ancient Greek travel writer, the first female champion of the ancient Olympic Games, was an unheard...
From ancient times, without interruption, up until today, Greece, with its endless coastline, inlets and deep bays, which created natural harbours, has been a nation of seafarers. The sea, instilled in the...
The ancient Greeks were always one step ahead, whatever they put their mind to, they did it well; philosophy, architecture, mathematics, literature; they were the leaders. Did you know though, that they were...
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