The Rise and Fall of Constantinople
How did a small ancient Greek colony, located in an eastern corner of the Mediterranean, known to the Greeks as Byzantion, come to be the capital of the mighty Roman Empire? It’s...
Greeker Than The Greeks
Saints Constantine and Helen – Feast Day May 21
Saints Constantine and Helen share a feast day which is celebrated on the 21st of May. Saint Helen Saint Helen of Constantinople c. 250-328 AD, said to have been...
Nymphs In Greek Mythology
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...
Who Destroyed the Sacred Herms of Athens? – An Ancient Greek Mystery
One bright and sunny morning in June, the seventh to be exact, in the year of 415 B.C., the citizens of Athens, awoke to the news, that during the night, all over...
Twin Flames – The Ancient Greek Story of One Soul Split into Two
“Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle – Ancient Greek philosopher Thanks to the internet and social media, more and more people are becoming aware of the twin...
Eros and Psyche – The Greatest Love Story in Ancient Greece
The path to true love can be a rough and rocky road, more often than not it will be scattered with obstacles along the way; your lover’s family hate you, your best...
Plato’s Academy Athens – First University in the World
One of “The Big Three”, the philosopher, Plato, who was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, founded the Platonic Academy of Athens. The Academy of ancient Athens, the turning point...
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...
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...
Saint Barbara the Great Martyr – Beheaded by her Father
Saint Barbara, a third-century martyr, lived in Nicomedia with her rich pagan father, Dioscorus, who imprisoned her in a tower and after discovering she had secretly become a Christian, beheaded Barbara himself...
