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September 10, 2014 Athens Path 0

In Greek mythology Europa (Greek: Εὐρώπη Eurṓpē; Doric Greek: Εὐρώπα Eurṓpā) was a Phoenician woman of high lineage, for whom the continent Europe was named. The story of her abduction by Zeus in the form […]

Crete

September 8, 2014 Athens Path 0

Crete: The Island Inside You McCann — Erickson Athens and Indigo View Productions created this video for the launch presentation of the new logo of the island of Crete. Four brushstrokes in the Mediterranean […]

Cronus

September 7, 2014 Athens Path 0

Cronus / Cronos and Kronos (Greek: Κρόνος [krónos]) was in Greek mythology the leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Uranus, the sky and Gaia, the earth. He […]

Rhea

September 7, 2014 Athens Path 0

Rhea (Greek: Ῥέα) is the Titaness daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, in Greek mythology and sister and wife to Cronos. In early traditions, she is known as “the mother […]

Minoan Language and writing

September 4, 2014 Athens Path 0

Clay tablets dating to around 3000 BC were found with the various Cretan scripts. Clay tablets seem to have been in use from around 3000 BC or earlier. Two clay cups from Knossos have been […]

Minoan Decorated Jug, ca. 1575-1500 B.C.E

Minoan Civilization

September 3, 2014 Athens Path 0

The Minoan civilization was an Aegean Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately 2700 to 1450 BC. It was rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century through […]

Constantino Brumidi

May 18, 2015 0

Constantino Brumidi (July 26, 1805 – February 19, 1880) was an Greek-Italian-American historical painter, best known and honored for his fresco work in the Capitol Building in Washington, DC. Parentage and early life Brumidi was […]

Lafcadio Hearn (小泉八雲)

February 14, 2015 0

Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), known also by the Japanese name Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲?), was an international writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of […]

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