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• Patras city history.
  on Jun 18, 2012 in Peloponnese region Greek mythology Holidays in Greece Patras city
  The first traces of settlement in Patras date as early as in the 3rd millennium BC, in the area of modern Aroe. Patras flourished for the first time during the Post-Helladic or Mycenean period (1580–1100 BC).   Ancient Patras was formed by...
• Homer's Iliad epic poem.
  on Jun 4, 2012 in Greek mythology Ancient Greece The Iliad Homer
  The poem dates to the archaic period of Classical Antiquity. Scholarly consensus mostly places it in the 8th century BC, although some favour a 7th century date. Herodotus placed Homer at approximately 400 years before his own time, circa 850 BC. T...
• Thessaloniki sightseeing.
  on Jun 3, 2012 in Holidays in Greece Thessaloniki city Macedonia
  The northernmost Byzantine walls of the city and parts of the western walls are still standing, as is the city's symbol - the White Tower, one of the 16th Century AD fortified towers - which is the only surviving tower on the seafront. The rest o...
• Psara island.
  on Jun 3, 2012 in Psara island Holidays in Greece Greek islands North Aegean region
  Psara lies 44 nautical miles (81 km) northwest of Chios, 22 km (about 13 nmi) from the northwestern point of the island of Chios and 150 km (about 75 nmi) eastnortheast of Athens. The length and width is about 7 x 8 km and the a...
• Sifnos island.
  on Jun 2, 2012 in Sifnos island Holidays in Greece Greek islands Cyclades
  Sifnos was inhabited by human beings from at least 4000 BCE. Archeological evidence indicates the island was within the mainstream of Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic civilization. The island was very wealthy in ancient times, thanks to...
• Hydra island in Saronic region.
  on Jun 2, 2012 in Holidays in Greece Greek islands Saronic region Hydra island
  Hydra has never been linked to any Greek legend, god, hero, or mythological event. There is evidence of farmers and herders from the second half of the third millennium BCE, on the small flat areas that are not visible from the sea. Obsidian from...
• Spetses island in Attica region.
  on Jun 2, 2012 in Spetses island Holidays in Greece Greek islands Attica region
  The island of Spetses, located in the Mediterranean Sea, was first occupied during the Mesolithic Age, about in 8000 BC. During that period the island was connected to through an isthmus to the island of Argolida, currently named Costa. Pieces of...
• Thessaloniki's city history.
  on Jun 1, 2012 in Ancient Greece Thessaloniki city Greek history Greece
  The city was founded around 315 BC by the King Cassander of Macedon, on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma and 26 other local villages. He named it after his wife Thessalonike, a half-sister of Alexander the Great and princess of Macedon...
• Cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.
  on Jun 1, 2012 in Greek mythology Ancient Greece Holidays in Greece Cyclops
  A cyclops , in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, was a member of a primordial race of giants, each with a single eye in the middle of his forehead. The name is widely thought to mean "circle-eyed". Hesiod described one group of cyclopes an...
• Amazons in Greek mythology.
  on Jun 1, 2012 in Ancient Greece Holidays in Greece Amazons in Greek mythology
  In some versions of the myth, no men were permitted to have sexual encounters or reside in Amazon country; but once a year, in order to prevent their race from dying out, they visited the Gargareans, a neighbouring tribe. The male children who wer...

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