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The Greatest Motivational Speech Ever, by Leonidas, King of Sparta
Oct 10, 2024 · Leonidas, the King of Sparta. Credit: Andy Hay, CC BY 2.0/ flickr The year was 480 BC when King Leonidas of Sparta, left with only a few dozen fighters from the original 300 at Thermopylae, gave a speech whose motivational power has resonated over the millennia.. The truth is that we do not know exactly what Leonidas told his troops.
Greek Name Days Calendar: Who Celebrates Today
Which Greek name day does the Orthodox church celebrate today? According to Greece’s Orthodox tradition, every day of the year is dedicated to some Christian saint or martyr. When someone is named after one of these saints, that saint’s celebration day …
Atlantis: How Plato’s Story Corresponds to Real History
May 30, 2024 · The book ATLANTIS The Find of a Lifetime embarks on a 10,000-year journey that effectively reveals Atlantis’s submerged island and demonstrates how Plato’s 2400-year-old story corresponds to real history. Not only do the physical characteristics of the proposed location, along with the given chronology, match Plato’s description, but all ...
Ancient Military Harbor in Aegina, Open for Swimming
Oct 8, 2024 · View of the landmark temple of Apollo on the Acropolis of Aegina from Kolona beach. Credit Paula Tsoni/Greek Reporter. Upon arriving at the one-time famed military harbor, broad view to the open sea, the cheerful buzz from bathers makes it easier to imagine the archaic times when, over 2,500 years ago, Aegina was one of the busiest, most powerful and abundant mistresses of the sea in the then ...
Cleopatra's Lost Tomb: Archaeologist in Egypt ...
Mar 7, 2024 · After two years of new excavation work, Dr Kathleen Martinez, a determined archaeologist who has been searching for Cleopatra’s tomb in Egypt since 2005 has released a new update on the whereabouts of the ancient Egyptian queen’s resting place. In 2022, Dr Kathleen Martinez told the world she and her team had discovered a tunnel in the ...
Why Did Ancient Greek Actors Wear Theater Masks?
Nov 13, 2023 · Ancient Greek theater masks connected with Dionysian revelry. These qualities of transformation enabled actors to fully embody the gods and mythological entities that populated the stories of ancient Greece. This connection to embodiment was strongly associated with Dionysus, the god of wine. Greeks saw a relationship between a mask’s ability ...
The History of the Ancient Greek City of Smyrna
Sep 9, 2024 · Smyrna was once one of the most illustrious of all ancient and Hellenistic-era Greek cities. One of the main centers of Greek settlement in western Anatolia, it once had a temple dedicated to Athena and was the residence of the epic poet Homer. Rebuilt during the Hellenistic era, it flourished for some time, becoming a hub of Armenian and Greek ...
Ancient Monument on Greece’s Sikinos Reveals Gold Jewelry
Sep 28, 2024 · Sikinos, the small island of the Aegean. Sikinos (ancient Oinoe or Oenoe) is one of the smaller islands of Greece, located in the southern part of the archipelago between Ios and Folegandros. It has a population of 273. The southern side has gentle terrain while the north-west has a steep cliff of 280 meters (918 feet) in height atop of which ...
Ten Stunning Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Art
Jan 11, 2024 · The Winged Victory of Samothrace. Credit: Xin Sy /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.0 There are countless masterpieces of ancient Greek art scattered in museums around the world, serving as a reminder that Greece is the cradle of Western Civilization.. These are works of unparalleled beauty, precious monuments of the world’s rich heritage that still mesmerize viewers and will continue to do so in ...