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10 most Desirable women of Ancient Greece - Aspasia on the Pnyx - Henry Holiday - 1888.

Great Greek Lists / Greece: ancient and modern

The 10 Most Desirable Women 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...

Greece: ancient and modern / Greek Customs traditions & celebrations

Secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries – The Way to the Afterlife

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...

Lycaon - The First Were wolf in History - Ancient Greek Origins of the Werewolf

Greek Mythology

The Ancient Greek Origins of the Werewolf

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...

Ancient Greek Medicine - Relief of Asclepius - Greek god of medicine - Healing a dreamer - From the Asklepieion of Piraeus - 4th century BC - Piraeus Museum

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12 Unusual Ancient Greek Medical Treatments

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...

Greece: ancient and modern

Why Roman Architecture Resembles that of Ancient Greece

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...

Great Greek Lists / Greek Mythology

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...

Greek Cuisine

How to Dry Fresh Basil Herb

Basil, from the Greek, basileus, meaning king is said to have first grown on the original cross of Christ. Even though it represented hatred to the ancient Greeks they placed it in the...

The Three Greek Graces of the British Pre-Raphaelite Art Movement

Greece: ancient and modern

3 Greek Graces of the British Pre-Raphaelite Art Movement

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...

Greece: ancient and modern / Greek Customs traditions & celebrations

Cynisca of Sparta – First Female Olympic Champion of Ancient Greece – 396 B.C.

Cynisca, a Spartan Princess, was the first woman to to win an Olympic event with her four-horse chariot team, not only once but twice, once in 396 and again in 392 B.C....

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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...

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