They connected the joyous Passover festival, which commemmorates the liberation of the Hebrews from their years of bondage in Egypt, with the liberation from death represented by the Resurrection. The popularity of lamb as an Easter food is undoubtedly related to its importance as a symbol. ...
is Charlie Rhodes; he had been sent to the island for five days to report on the first-ever Rhodes Cycling Festival, and to observe a race held in conjunction with that event. He winds up being treated to “an unforgettable, authentically Greek week-long experience full of warm sun and b...
Melpomene, meaning “the melodious one”, represents the theatrical part of the great festival of Dionysus where actors and choruses would reenact events from mythology. Melpomene was originally regarded as the Muse of Musical Harmony and Singing, but she later came to be known as the Muse of ...
The Panathenaic Festival, or the ‘Panathenaea’, was a religious festival held at Athens in honour of the city’s patron goddess, Athena. It took place from about the twenty-third to the thirtieth day of the Attic month of Hekatombaion, which was mid-July to mid-August. It promoted u...
I did the Duolingo Modern Greek course from August 2021 through April 2023, and managed to do a module almost every single day. You can miss a few and still maintain a continuous streak. So yes, I started it when it was the "Tree" and then it switched to the "Learning Path" mid-...
August 25, 2017byElina T. Reply The most modest, kind-hearted, expert haiku poet of a god- yes, I am talking about the one and only Apollo! Honestly, who doesn’t love him? Well it looks as if Zeus isn’t particularly fond of him- because, well you probably wouldn’t throw someon...