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Category: Mythology
Mount Olympus, a divine place to be! Mount Olympus was the lightest and most worshipped mountain of Greece. A magnificent place with numerous forests and gorges and summits of different heights, blessed with mild climate, and surrounded by Uranus, the heaven. It never rained on Mount Olympus nor was it ever windy, only [...]
Saganaki: Pan-Seared Greek Cheese In Greek: σαγανάκι (pronounced sah-ghah-NAH-kee) Saganaki dishes take their name from the pan in which they are made. A sagani is a two-handled pan that is made in many different materials. In the market, look for a small paella pan, small cast iron skillet, or even an oval au gratin [...]
Delphi Delphi (Greece) is one of the most important archaeological sites of Greece, and accordingly, it seems to appear in the itinerary of every traveler who is attracted to the oracle that influenced affairs in the known world for over a thousand years. History: At the foot of Mount Parnassos, within the angle formed [...]
Troy Troy was at first unknown to be a factual city, known through Homer, until an Archaeologist, Heinrich Schliemann in 1870 followed the geographical clues in the ‘Iliad’ and began excavating North West Turkey. He was convinced he had found the legendary city of Troy and excavated a hill called Hisarlick, in [...]
Odeon of Herode Atticus The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is an impressive attraction in Athens found looming on the hill below the south western side of the Acropolis. Also called the “Herodeon”, the Athens Odeon of Herode Atticus dates back to 161 AD, when it was built by Herodes Atticus to honor his wife [...]
Destination: Island of Kalymnos KALYMNOS is one of the northern islands in the Dodecanese group and is located about 100km north-west of Rhodes. It lies near the Turkish coast, with Leros to the north and Kos to the south. Around 17,000 people live there, most in the busy port capital of Pothia. Tourism [...]
Thessaloniki If you’re going to splurge anywhere in Northern Greece, Thessaloniki (thess-ah-lo-nee-kih) is the place to do it. Greece’s second largest city, and its cultural capital, Thessaloniki (also called Salonica) lets you indulge in fine food, sinful sweets, ultra-chic shopping, an energetic nightlife and more concerts, parties, art shows and events than you [...]
History of The Olympic Games The Olympic Games begun at Olympia in Greece in 776 BC. The Greek calendar was based on the Olympiad, the four-year period between games. The games were staged in the wooded valley of Olympia in Elis. Here the Greeks erected statues and built temples in a grove [...]
Battle of Thermopylae Battle of the 300 The Battle of Thermopylae was a battle of the Persian Wars in 480 BC when Leonidas, king of Sparta, and 1,400 men (700 Thespians, 400 Thebans and 300 Spartans) defended the pass of Thermopylae to the death against a much greater force of Persians. The pass [...]
Greek Travel Videos and Dvds Click here for prices or to order! Ancient Greece In every corner of Greece one can find widespread evidence of the unprecedented intellectual and artistic creation of ancient Greeks. Tens of Cities-States with an individual character and an invisible string that relates different elements and creates the “common [...]
Remember The Titans The Titans THE TITANS were six elder gods named Kronos, Koios, Krios, Iapetos, Hyperion and Okeanos, sons of Ouranos (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), who ruled the cosmos before the Olympians came to power. When their father was king he imprisoned six giant brothers of the Titans–the Kyklopes and Hekatonkheires–in [...]
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Corfu is mentioned frequently in Greek Mythology. The modern Greek name Kerkyra comes from the nymph who was the daughter of the river-god Asopus. Posideon, the god of the sea fell in love with her and made love to her on the island, giving birth to the race of the Phaeaceans. Click Here! for Huge [...]
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