Top 10 Greek Islands: Our ultimate guide to picking the right island in Greece, including Corfu, Crete, Rhodes & Santorini, for your holiday in 2025/2026
Scholiast on Apollonius of Rhodes (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric III Ibycus Frag 324) (Greek scholia) : "Apollonios (Apollonius) [Greek poet C3rd B.C.] makes Eros child of Aphrodite, Sappho [Greek poet C6th B.C.] makes him child of Ge (Gaea, Earth) and Ouranos (Uranus, Sky...
Silver Moon’smaiden voyage will depart Piraeus (Athens) on June 18, calling in some of Greece’s and Cyprus’ most beautiful destinations, including Syros, Paros, Patmos, Rhodes, Limassol, Heraklion, and Mykonos, before returning to Piraeus (Athens) on June 28. In Limassol, the ancient gran...
Alexander Aetolus, of Pleuron in Aetolia, Greek poet and man of letters, the only representative of Aetolian poetry, flourished about 280 BC.When living in Alexandria he was commissioned by Ptolemy Philadelphus to arrange the tragedies and satyric dramas in the library; some ten years later he...
. This in their anguished struggle from those dread maiden's lips was heard streaming, and from those writhing serpent heads untouchable, when Perseus o'er the third of those fell sisters launched his cry of triumph, and brought fatal doom to Seriphos by the sea--doom for that isle and ...
This time our lucky winners will get to explore the historically-rich island of Rhodes, also known as the “Knights’ island”. Rhodes combines a rich history, impressive medieval architecture, amazing beaches and beautiful natural scenery. The Old Town of Rhodes, with its narrow cobblestone alley...
The best way to travel between the Greek Cycladic Islands and Rhodes is byboarding a ferry to Athensand, from there, boarding another ferry to any of the Cyclades Islands (or Rhodes). It’s not common to find ferries departing from Rhodes with astop on the Cyclades, but if you manage ...
Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kos, Leros, Patmos, RhodesIONIAN ISLANDS : Corfu, Kefalonia, Lefkada, ZakynthosNORTH AEGEAN ISLANDS : Chios, Lesvos, Samos, IkariaSPORADES ISLANDS : Alonissos, Skiathos, SkopelosABOUT GREECE Greece, is the southernmost country on the European mainland. With an area of 131.940...
A likely candidate is the Greek astronomer Hipparchus, who worked on the Isle of Rhodes around 150 BC, but it evolved in complexity and usefulness over many centuries. The Astrolabe: astronomy's first hot app: loaded with features, an ancient analog computer replicates the sky's workings Newton...
It was indeed that bygone abode of Proteus, the old shepherd of King Neptune’s flocks: an island located between Rhodes and Crete, which Greeks now call Karpathos, Italians Scarpanto. Through the lounge window I could see only its granite bedrock. The next day, February 14, I decided to...