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  • SAMOTHRACE: THE LAND OF THE GREAT GODS
    Last winter the Acropolis Museum held the succesful exhibition "Samothrace: The mysteries of the Great Gods" . Thousands visito...
  • MY GREEK DRAMA
    A few years ago, "Golfo" the well-known to all Greeks bucolic idyll, would be played for only one night , at the ancient ...
  • THE LEGEND OF THE MERMAID THESSALONIKE
    Thessaloniki is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Macedonia. Founded in 315 BC by Cassander and named ...
  • ACHERON, THE RIVER OF WOE
    What are you imagining when someone speaks of the passage to Hell? Probably a grim, dark place...Well, ancient Greeks had something ver...
  • THE ATHENS BIRD
    According to the Greek Mythology, goddess Athena was impressed by the large eyes and the serious appearance of the owl. Since then, the ...
  • HONEYBEE: A GIFT FROM ZEUS
    Coming from a long tradition of apiarists (or beekeepers), I have always wanted to learn how the word «μέλισσα» ( honeybee) came to def...
  • FORTRESS OF PALAMIDI; A HISTORY-BREATHING MONUMENT
    Nafplion, one of the most beautiful Greek cities, welcomes the visitor all year round. When we, the elysian team, travelled there, the ...
  • A STAGE FOR DIONYSUS
    Dedicated to Dionysus, the theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus is a major theatre in Athens, built at the Acropolis. The theatre and sanct...