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Ancient Greek Quotes – The 147 Delphic Maxims
Overlooking the Pleistos Valley on Mount Parnassus in Greece lie the ruins of Delphi, the most famous […]
Battle of Thermopylae – King Leonidas and the 300
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place in August or September 480 BC, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae ("The Hot Gates").
The 12 Gods of Olympus – The Olympians
The twelve Olympians were a race of deities, primarily consisting of a third and fourth generation of immortal beings, worshipped as the principal gods of the Greek pantheon.
How did Athens take its name – The dispute of two mighty gods
As one of the most powerful cities of Ancient Greece, Athens has many fascinating myths and stories. Athens, the glorious city of Classical Greece was named after the Goddess Athena. But what is the myth behind this name givng?
The Sacred Triangles of Ancient Greece
The famous geodetic triangulation of ancient Greece is another wonderful mystery of the ancient Greeks, as the […]
Poros
Destinations / Saronic Gulf/ Poros
The area that we will see, study and […]
When i first met Crete!
A true old story (By the travel designer)
I first visited Crete in the mid-1970s, starting […]