Let’s take a closer look at the different types of clocks as they evolved through centuries of diverse civilisations.
“Time is money”. Haven’t you heard this statement very often? From our childhood we are taught to value time and not to waste it carelessly. In today’s fast hi-tech life all our voluntary activities, from eating to [...]
Ah, those lovable wine geeks holding their glasses high to check a wine’s color before they swirl and slurp, memorizing vintages and debating the terroir of this or that vineyard. What a feature of the modern world!
Only they’re not new. They just seem new because it’s only recently that many have become wine drinkers. Wine geekery [...]
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary [the Dormition Day or Koimisis Tis Theotokou in Greek] in Markopoulo, Cephalonia island, Greece.
In the village of Markopoulo on the island of Cephalonia [Kefalonia in Greek], a festival is held. Small, harmless snakes with a black cross on their heads appear, only to vanish again after the festivities until the following [...]
All over Greece as well as Cyprus, villages, towns and cities have traditional celebrations that vary from joyous to deeply serious, and the Cyclades are no exception. These festivals commemorate significant religious and secular events in all kinds of ways, with special foods, dancing, music, and other activities.
Whatever islands you’re visiting, check out what’s happening [...]
Now approaching his 81st birthday, Antonis Anastasiou has been throwing open the doors of his pretty taverna in Larnaca, Cyprus, for longer than he cares to recall.
After unfastening the wooden shutters he pauses momentarily to deadhead his bright pink geraniums and breathe in the smell of sea spray mixed with tobacco smoke and fried [...]
In the ancient world, labor was generally despised.
The Greeks looked down on merchants and traders as low-lifes.
“The gentleman understands what is noble”, Confucius writes in his Analects, “the small man understands what is profitable”.
The modern critiques draw on some very old prejudices.
Do you agree? Participate in this debate by adding your comments and opinion.
What depicts beauty in a woman? Look to Greek art for possible answers. Femininity, they claim, describes it all. Well, that sure makes it clear.
But ancient Greeks did go a bit further and attribute some qualities within the description of what makes a woman beautiful. This perfect woman, they said, would be industrious, well-born, fertile, virtuous, [...]
