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Lusted for by royalty and sought after by collectors, rubies, diamonds, emeralds, sapphires and many more gemstones have inspired myths, legends and curses in all cultures. Today, we know of around two hundred...
You know summer’s arrived when Greeks start cooking stuffed vegetables! Gemista (Greek for filled), are summer vegetables, usually tomatoes and bell peppers but courgettes and aubergines are also firm favourites, stuffed with...
The word Utopia; used to describe an imaginary island, a perfect world, was first used by Sir Thomas More, an English lawyer, writer and statesman, in his book “Utopia”, written in 1516....
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 ancient Greeks believed that existence does not end with death; there is no death, only a transition from one state of being to another; every human died only to live again...
More than likely we’ve all come across the ‘Greek key’, also known as the ‘meander’ (a repeating geometric motif), at some time or another. During 18th century Europe, along with the rejuvenated...
Dedicated to my daughter Nais (Νάϊς) If I begin by telling you that Satyriasis, the word for the uncontrollable desire in men, to have lots of physical pleasure, especially with different...
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...
The ancient Greeks knew the star Canis Majoris by various names: Sirius; derived from the Greek word Σείριος (Seirios), meaning glowing or scorching and Sothis – Σῶθις (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...
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