The Panathenaic Procession (water carriers), 440-432 BCE, Parthenon Frieze, Acropolis Museum, Greece / Sharon Mollerus, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Among the many excellent institutions that Athens has given birth to stand the Panathenaea, it’s the most important festival …
‘’Earth and water’’. These were the first words uttered by the Persian emissaries in the city of Sparta. The Persian Empire was at the doorsteps of Greece. The Persian king Xerxes demanded the submission of the whole of Hellas. But …
Athens is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. People have lived here starting between the 11th and the 7th centuries BC. It’s also therefore one of the oldest capitals of europe. But much more than this …
Some of the greatest people from the Ancient World came from the city of Athens, amongst them philosophers, artists, writers, and architects. Athens was the birthplace of democracy and also the focus of the Ancient Greek civilization. 10 Famous Athenians …
Browsing in the tourist shops you will become aware that there are many talisman and pieces of jewellery on sale depicting a blue eye. The concept of the ‘evil eye’ – kako mati can be traced back to the classical …
The Ancient Greek philosophers were definitely ahead of their time! The word philosopher comes from the two Greek words philo (meaning love) and sophia (wisdom) The philosophers were wise and spent many hours observing and interpreting what they saw around …