Acropolis Night from Divani

 

Spend your night at the Acropolis!  DIVANI HOTEL 

White Tower Museum - Thessaloniki

The White Tower Museum  is accesible for you. All the Ancient Greek & Byzantine Culture passing through your eyes!
Opening Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 08:30 - 15:00
T: 2310 267 862 via Byzantine Museum

Acropolis Hill

The Acropolis hill, or the Sacred Rock of Athens, is the most important monument site of the city. During Perikles’ Golden Age, ancient Greek civilization was represented in an ideal way on the hill and some of the architectural masterpieces of the period were erected on its ground. The Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Propylaea are just the basic Ancient Greek Architectural Miracles just for your eyes!

Tickets for Akropolis: aepka@culture.gr 

Opening Hours:    08:00 - 19:30   

National Arcaeological Museum | Object of March 2012 - Ερμής (Hermes)

Άγαλμα του Ερμή {Statue of Hermes}

Material: Parian marble
Dimensions : H. 1.93 m.
Provenance : Antikythera shipwreck. From the material retrieved in 1900-1901
(28.1.1901 [head], 30.1.1901 [torso])
Date : Early 1st c. BC
Inv. no : 2774

 

Τhe life-size statue of Hermes is fully restored with its inherent plinth. The surface of the statue, particularly its right side, is severely eroded by its having long been in the sea. A low, plain base with depression for the plinth has been considered to belong to the statue.

for more details of the exhibition visit the official site of National  Arcaeological Museum.

Visit Thessaloniki and Pella

Thessaloniki Flag

Θεσσαλονίκη   Φιλίππου Βασίλισσαν

Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας (Alexander the Great) The Greek king of Macedon.

King Φίλιππος Β' ὁ Μακεδών { Philip II} father of Alexander the Great, ruled Macedonia from 359 to 336 BC. He was born in Pella, the capital of the ancient Macedonian kingdom, as the youngest son of king Amyntas III. The tombs of Φίλιππος Β' ὁ Μακεδών and  Αλέξανδρος Δ' της Μακεδoνίας   (father and son of Alexander the Great) which  are found with  gold jewelery and weapons in Pella are accessible. Visit the tombs in Pella.

Arcaeological Museum of Thessaloniki

 Visit the Arcaeological Museum of Thessaloniki   

Access Buses: 7,10,11, 12, 31,39,58 και με την πολιτιστική γραμμή 50.

  nearest parking
 ΧΑΝΘ - ΔΕΘ

Μανόλη Ανδρόνικου {Manoli Andronikou} 6, ΤΚ 546 21

+30 2310 830538. 

+30 2310 861306
info.amth@culture.gr

www.amth.gr

Sparta - The Legent will lives forever

 

 

Come to Sparta and revive the glory of Spartan exhilarate, in front of your eyes!   

25 March - Greek Independence Day

 

 March 25 is both a national (revolution against the barbarian Turks) and religious holiday (Annunciation nameday for Vangelis or Evangelos and  Evangelia or Eva).

There is a school flag parade in every town and village and a big armed forces of the country parade in Greece this day !

History

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The Byzantine Empire fell to the Turks in 1453 and the Greeks remained under the Ottoman rule for nearly 400 years. During this time their language (Greek Language), their religion (Christianity) and their sense of identity (roots based in Ancient Greek art, Literature, Music and Byzantine Culture) remained strong. The result was to be influenced the illiterate Turks of that era. On March 25, 1821 the bishop Germanos of Patras raised the Greek flag at the Monastery of Agia Lavra in Peloponnese and one more revolution started against the Turks. The Greeks shouted "Freedom or Death" and they fought the War of Independence for 9 years (1821-1829) until a small part of modern Greece was finally liberated and it was declared the independent Greek nation.  At the end of April 1825, Ibrahim Pascha began the siege of Messolongi. Finally, in the night of the 10th to 11th of April 1826 the defenders of the town, which were worn out by the twelve-month siege and the lack of food, attempted a desperate and at the same time heroic exodus. The struggle for the liberation of all the lands inhabited by Greeks, in 1864 the Ionian islands and in 1881 the parts of Thessaly and Epirus.
Crete was liberated in 1897 and

On December 1, 1913 the Union of Crete was achieved with Greece. The islands of the Eastern Aegean and Macedonia were added in 1913 and Western Thrace in 1919.


Greek  fighters
*Important Heroes-Fighters of the Greek Independence War are: Odysseas Androutsos, Gregorios Dikaios, Constantinos Kanaris, Αntonios Kriezis, Georgios Karaiskakis, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Dimitrios Makris, Makriyannis, Nikitaras, Papaflessas, Iakovos Tombazis, Andreas Vokos Miaoulis and many other revolutioners.  Female fighters are: Laskarina Boumboulina, Manto Mavrogenous and other leaders of the administration.

As commanders:  
Markos Botsaris
Alexandros Ypsilantis 
Demetrios Ypsilantis
Konstantinos Kanaris
Georgios Karaiskakis 
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Yiannis Makriyannis
Alexandros Mavrocordatos
Andreas Vokos Miaoulis

Φιλική Εταιρία {Filiki Eteria} Society of Friends
The Greek organisation - society and the revolutioners: 

Miltiadis Agathonikos, Anagnostaras, Panayiotis Anagnostopoulos, Aristeidis Pappas, Dimitris and Agamemnon and Georgios Avgerinos, Charalampos Vilaetis, Spiridon Valetas, Dionisis Veletzas, Emmanouil Vernardos, Toudor Vladimirescu, Ioannis Vlasopoulos, Theodoritos Vresthenis, Anthimos Gazis, Nikolaos Galatis, Paleon Patron Germanos, Theodorakis Deligiannis, Marcos Dragoumis, Drosos, Georgios Evaggelidis, Andreas Zaimis, Yiannis Zabelios, Panagos Zarkos, Dimitrios Themelis, Zafirakis Theodosiou, Sotiris Theocharopoulos, Theofilaktos Thiseus, Dimitrios Ipatros, Rogon Ioseph, Vasilis and Eugenios Karavias, Thanasis Karpenisiotis, Nikolaos Kasomoulis, Dimitris Kokkaliotis, Antonios Komitzopoulos, Athanasios Kotzias, Arsenios Krestas, Lykoyrgos Kresenitis, Georgios kyriakopoylos, konstantios Maronias, Grigorios Konstantas, Ionas Konstantinidis, Ioannis Kostas, Georgios Lasanis, Georgios Leventis, Athanasios Lidorikis, Dimitrios Makris, Fillipos Margaritis, Anastasios and Georgios Mavromichalis, Petrompeis Mavromichalis, Meletis Vasiliou, Meletios Meletopoulos, Chatzigiannis Mexis, Nikiforos Pampoukis, Georgios Mpilidas, Athanasios Mpimpas, Lampros Nakos, Panayiotis Naoum, Georgios Nioplios, Nikolaos Yiatzis, Stavros Nikolaou, Emmanouil Xanthos, Georgakis Olympios, Chatzilias Ikonomou, Grigorios Paikos, Christos Balaskas, Dimitrios Panouryias, Gregorios Papatheodoroy, Ioannis Papareskas, Ikonomos Papatsoris, Emmanouel Pappas, Dionysios Pardalos, Antonios and Konstantinos Pelopidas, Ioannis Theodosiou, Konstantinos and Nikolaos Pentimezas, Eustratios Pissas, Alexandros Pouskin, Iakovos Rizos Ragavis, Georgios Rousiadis, Benizelos Roufos, Panayiotis Sekeris, Giorgos Sisinis, Ioannis Skandalidis, Nikolaos Skoyfas, Petros Omiridis, Anagnostis Spiliotakis, Staikos Staikopoulos, Konstantinos Tatis, Theodoros Tzinis, Iakovos Tobazis, Ioannis Trikoupis, Athanasios Tsakalof, Ioannis Farmakis, Olenis Filaretos, Ioannis Fillimon, Daniel Philippidis, Ioannis Filon and Amvrosios Fratzis.

Greek War of Independence was the first initial stimulation for the liberty of the Balkan peninsula from barbarian Turks and many countries should be grateful to Greeks for release them from the barbarity that dominated them.

Processing the Flag

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The national flag of Greece consists of nine horizontal indigenous  stripes of equal width, five blue and four white alternately, the first and last stripes being blue!

In the upper left corner is a blue square containing a white cross, which occupies the first five stripes (Greek Sky and Blue Sea)!

The Greek flag is hoisted on a white flagstaff at the top of which there is (on certain occasions) a white cross! The design and colours (blue and white) of the Greek national flag were established officially in January 1822 at the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. The nine lines of the flag reflects the number of syllables in the greek phrase Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος "Eleftheria i Thanatos" = Freedom or Death

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν (Ýmnos is tin Eleftherían)  The Greek National Anthem: Hymn to Liberty {Hymn to the freedom}  in Greek English Translation We knew thee of old, Oh, divinely restored, By the lights of thine eyes, And the light of thy Sword, From the graves of our slain, Shall thy valour prevail, As we greet thee again- Hail, Liberty! Hail! (repeat previous two lines three times)

Mount Olympus, a divine place to be!

Mount Olympus is the lightest and most worshipped mountain of Greece. A magnificent place with numerous forests and gorges and summits of different heights, blessed with mild climate, and surrounded by Uranus, the heaven! In mythological past time never rained on Mount Olympus nor was it ever windy, but only some clouds were appearing from time to time to isolate the god's kingdom from the outside world and bless the world with water! Near ancient city is placed Larissa.

The Life of the Gods on Mount Olympus

Olympos, Throne of Δίας (Dias)

Tempi, Larissa                                                                                    Top of Olympus

Mount Olympus was the divine kingdom of the Olympian gods and every Olympian had his own palace, which was mostly used as a dormitory! The gods were living  with a similar rhythm to the mortals, obeying to rules, abiding to customs and gathering from time to time in the main palace, the palace of Zeus!
The Olympian Gods used to socialize during dining time, where they were taking decisions on the fate of the world and the mortals while eating ambrosia and drinking nectar. The Olympians had a whole staff at their service, like doctors, servants, preachers and doorkeepers like the Horae, who had the mission to open and close the gates of Mount Olympus to the outside world! However, should a god break an oath, he would be cursed to live nine years away from Mount Olympus and not be able to take part in any of the gods' gatherings.

The morphology of Mount Olympus, the ever changing natural beauty, the almost permanent cloud cover over its peaks and the frequent thunderstorms, filled the people around the mountain with awe and admiration, which in turn gave birth to numerous thrills and myths since the ancient times. 

Inspired by its mystery and the legends the twelve ancient Greek Gods were created. According to Homer, the twelve gods lived in ravines, “the mysterious folds of Olympus”, where they had their palaces. Pantheon was their meeting place. Their tempestuous discussions were heard by the God of Gods, Zeus who was sitting on his imposing throne. From there he threw his thunders showing “his godly wrath”. In Iliad Olympus has been described as magnificent, long, glorious and full of trees.

The majority of these artefacts is exhibited in the museum of Dion. Olympus was protected by a special layer of clouds that the Seasons had control over. It was very common for the gods to meet in the hall and feast on ambrosia and wine or nectar served by the goddess Hebe. They would then rejoice by the music of Apollo and the 9 muses with the lyre. The legendary Battle of the Titans (Titanomachy) placed here too!

Olympus is close to the village of Litochoro in Northern Thessaly, in the borders of the prefectures of Larissa and Pieria. You can visit now Thessaly and come to Olympus mountain. This glorious Greek walk will stay definately unforgettable to you!

The Hellenic Parliament Exhibition - The music in Ancient Greece

You can visit the Hellenic Parliament and watch the report addresses Μουσική Παιδεία και Δημοκρατία στην Κλασική Αθήνα (the music education as an element of Athens). The Greek music strengthens the institutions of democracy and citizenship. In classical Athens believed that the discharge followed the music and influence the laws of the State, and the evolution of social life.

This unique high level exhibition will remain open until September 2012! 

By the Hellenic Parliament.

The New Acropolis Museum

From this weekend 17/03/12 you can visit the High-Class, New Acropolis Museum and face the whole Greek Glory. Live the ancient Greek experience of your life, with the new Virtual Reality Hall, the Greek Cloakroom and the Three-Dimensional Projections!

 

*During the seminar cameras and mobile phones are not allowed.

TROY - New Director's Cut

The epic tale of the Ιλιάδα (Iliad) charting the rise and fall of the ultimate Greek Larissian hero,  Αχιλλέας (Achilles), explodes onto the screen in this adaptation. Buy the new director's cut version on Blu-ray disc and live the experience of Ancient Thessaly and Ancient Peloponnese and their warriors, according to real recordings of the era and the legendary sending of the Trojan Horse, into the city! 
Troy is encoded in controversial VC-1 encode that is commonplace on Warner Brothers Blu-ray discs, with this 2.40:1, 1080p high definition version of stunning beauty.

Zeibekiko dance 3rd MIillenium BC Ancient Greece - The first Zeibekiko