The Twenty Most Famous Movies Based on Greek Mythology
Oct 22, 2024 · The movie “300” used some of the most advanced CGI effects available at the time. Credit: Screenshot from YouTube/@Warner Bros. Pictures. Although 300 is likely one of the most well-known movies on this list, it is far from historically accurate in its depiction of ancient Greece. The movie is based on a 1998 comic book series, and is thus fairly far removed from its original source material.
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Philosophers of Athens: The Great Greek Minds That Changed …
Oct 3, 2024 · Plato, the renowned student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, was born in Athens in either 428 or 427 BC.Credit: Public Domain. Plato, the renowned student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle, was born in Athens in either 428 or 427 BC.Unlike many other ancient philosophers, Plato’s work has been passed down to us in …
Final Countdown to Thessaloniki Metro Opening After Two …
Nov 28, 2024 · Panepistimio Sation in Thessaloniki is ready to welcome the first passengers on November 30. Credit: Elliniko Metro. The final countdown to the opening of the Thessaloniki metro has begun as the main line of the city’s fixed-track transport will …
Who Were the Hellenistic Jews, and Why Do They Matter?
Nov 8, 2024 · Who were the Hellenistic Jews and why are they important? Second Temple of Jerusalem. Credit: Templar1307. CC BY 2.0/flickr The Hellenization of much of the world brought about by the conquests of Alexander the Great saw peoples of many different cultures and religions come under the cultural umbrella of Greece.This included those …
The Greek Story in America Is Older Than You Think
Nov 27, 2024 · In the era prior to the Greek War of Independence, and particularly during the Napoleonic Wars, Hydra and the other smaller “Naval Islands” of the Aegean—Spetses, Psara, and Kassos—formed one of the most important merchant marine powers in the Mediterranean and Black Seas, yet they also traveled to North and South America.One Hydriot, Nicholas Kolmaniotis (known as Nicholas Jorge ...
Atlantis: How Plato’s Story Corresponds to Real History
Nov 11, 2024 · The Cyclades plateau. Credit: Christos Djonis. This massive island, almost the size of Crete, and the prehistoric Santorini lying nine kilometers away from the primary island (an island within an island setting where according to Plato, the crown city of Atlantis once stood) perfectly matches Plato’s description.
Why Was Socrates Killed? - GreekReporter.com
Aug 11, 2024 · Depiction of Socrates accepting his fate. Metropolitan Museum of Art – Death of Socrates. Credit: wallyg. CC BY 2.0/flickr. In 399 BC, Athens, the cradle of democracy and philosophy, tried and killed a seemingly innocent man in …
Full Guide to the Acropolis of Athens: Top 10 Monuments to See
Mar 21, 2024 · The Parthenon of Acropolis. Credit: Flickr / Sam Valadi CC BY 2.0 DEED The champion of the Acropolis must surely be the Parthenon, which, according to Andrew Stewart’s book One Hundred Greek Sculptors, Their Careers and Extant Works, was designed under the direction of Pericles in the fifth century BC by the ancient architects Phidias, Iktinos, and …
Patmos: The Greek Island of John’s Revelation
Jun 19, 2024 · Holy Monastery of Agios Ioannis Theologos in the Greek island of Patmos. Credit: Valeria Casali / wikimedia commons CC BY 3.0. The Greek island of Patmos in the Aegean Sea is best known as the location where the Apostle John received and wrote the visions found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament.