Archive for June, 2006
Looking at Greece -3 : Athens
Hundreds of years in just one paragraph (we are on chapter 3 of Noel-Baker’s book on modern Greece): “For several hundred years Athens was the hub of ancient Greek civilization, but then Constantinople took its place and by the end of the Turkish occupation in the nineteenth century ::More
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Looking at Greece -2 : People
From the 2nd chapter of Noel-Baker’s book on modern Greece: “An English university professor hiking round Greece was invited into a village home. He was wearing his oldest clothes, and carrying a battered old rucksack, and the Greek peasant family thought he must be even poorer than ::More
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Cavafy poems
The anthology of Cavafy poems is now available on line at the Greek Literature pages. You can read the poems, and search for keywords and phrases. Cf. Texts from all periods of Greek Literature ::More
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Looking at Greece
This is the title of a book by Francis Noel-Baker about modern Greece, about the country, the people and towns, the islands, the education, and also about Mt. Athos and the Church, traditions, industry, even about the connection with the ancient times. Many photos explain visually the text of ::More
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Diving in Santorini and Mykonos
In Santorini there is the Dive Center and the Mediterranean Dive Club. In Mykonos, the Diving Center at Psarou beach. Have a look also at the Mykonos beach hopping guide of Greece Travel Blog. ::More
