Pythagoras – Mathematician – World Influencer
If you thought the first hippie communes where the cult followers believed their leaders to be God sprung up in the swinging sixties of flower power; think again. They existed way back...
Greeker Than The Greeks
Aries – The Ancient Greek Myth Behind the Zodiac Sign
The Zodiac Sign of Aries March 21 – April 19 The Greek myth associated with the zodiac sign of Aries is that of the Golden Fleece; the Chrysomallus (best known from the...
10 of the Weirdest Deaths in Ancient Greece
You won’t believe the ways in which these ancient Greeks died, some senseless, some embarrassing, some ridiculous, some hilarious but all curious, unusual and bizarre. Samuel Johnson, English critic, biographer, essayist and...
Pisces – The Ancient Greek Myth Behind the Zodiac Sign
The Zodiac Sign of Pisces February 19 – March 20 Pisces; the Latin word for fish, is the 12th and last sign of the zodiac, a water sign ruled by the...
The Moirai and the Erinyes – The Fates and the Furies
As fate would have it, or, should I say; as destiny would have it? Most of us think of and use the two words; fate and destiny, in the same way, as...
Aquarius – The Ancient Greek Myth Behind the Zodiac Sign
The Zodiac Sign of Aquarius January 21 – February 19 Aquarius, an air sign, the eleventh sign of the Zodiac, is associated with various Greek myths. The two main myths are,...
The 10 Most Influential Ancient Greek Painters
Greeks are aesthetic people, how can they not be? They invented the word, which derives from aisthanomai, meaning ‘I perceive, I feel, I sense’ and all this begins with ‘the pleasures of...
Greek Word Draconian – Drastic Measures in Ancient Greece
The word, draconian (δρακόντειος – drakónteios), meaning harsh, severe, cruel and drastic, is used in English and other European languages but its origins are Greek. Draconian derives from Draco (also called Drako...
The Poseidonia – Ancient Greek Festival of Poseidon – Winter Solstice
In ancient Greece calendars deviated from city state to city state but more often than not the month named in honour of the ancient Greek god of the sea; Poseidon, fell at...
The Greek Phrase – I Throw a Black Stone Behind Me
We’ve all had that feeling of ‘I never want to go back there ’ or ‘I never want to see that accursed place again’; a Greek’s response to this, may be to...
