Category: Great Greek Lists

The quintessential Greek – Traditionally Greek – Zembekiko – Image by Dimitra Tzanos for Art Source Publishing

20 Little-Known Intriguing Facts about the Greeks

    After more than forty years of living in Greece I thought I knew all there was to know about the country and What makes a Greek a Greek . However, as they...

Dancing Greeks

What Makes a Greek a Greek – 40 Adorable Characteristics

    What Makes a Greek a Greek? I found the answer more than forty years ago when I left England for a new life in Greece. Passion made me do it; I had...

Greek Christmas and New Year Traditions

Top 15 Greek Christmas and New Year Traditions

    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...

Ravens, vultures and crows, were symbols of war, death and destruction in Greek mythology

Ancient Greek Myths about Birds

     In ancient Greece birds represented power, freedom and wisdom and show up in numerous Greek myths and legends where they most often appear as messengers of the gods, oracles and even gods...

A few Replicas of Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos

Aphrodite of Knidos – The Most Copied Statue in the World

    During the Hellenistic and Roman periods, statues of Aphrodite were everywhere; mostly modeled on Praxiteles’ Aphrodite of Knidos (around 364 BC), the first naked female Greek statue and the most widely copied...

Gorgon Medusa Mythical Greek Creature

10 Feared Female Creatures of Greek Mythology

    Have you ever thought about why so many leading ladies in ancient Greek mythology are usually in the guise of wicked witches, devious femme fatales, evil goddesses and fearsome monsters?  I’m no...

The siesta – Lawrence Alma-Tadema – 1868

The 10 Most Desirable Hetairai – Courtesans of Ancient Greece

    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...

"You can't be serious!"

12 Unbelievably Weird Medical Practices of Ancient Greece

    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...

Hyacinth and Apollo Greek words for love. The Death of Hyacinthos. Jean Broc 1801

10 of the Saddest Love Stories in Greek Mythology

    All’s fair in love and war, or so they say. Back in ancient Greece though, love had much more to contend with, such as vengeful and envious gods, or Apate; the personification...

World Famous Logos Inspired by Greek Mythology

5 World Famous Logos Inspired by Greek Mythology

    There’s a story behind everything and behind the following five world famous logos, the story is Greek. Greece has given so much to the world that most of the time we don’t...