1.
EVIA
"Now you hear nothing," she says. "Silence, like death."
2.
CHECK OUT THE PLATES ON MANOLI’S CAR!
Personalized plates, which cannot be bought legally in Greece, are apparently a status symbol for just that reason.
3.
HEADLESS HYGIEIA
But at least they found her.
4.
KOLYVA
“Spiritually speaking, kolyva symbolizes our reconciliation with death and the idea that we too belong to the cycle of life as does the wheat seed, which “dies” before it bears a plant from which we harvest one of the planet’s basic staples.”
5.
7 HOTELS
“From monochromatic modernism in Athens to contemporary Cycladic architecture in Crete, these are our favourites.”
6.
MEMORY ETERNAL
“There are two kinds of people: Greeks, and everybody else who wish they was Greek.”
7.
6…
Ancient Greek Aphrodisiacs. It’s a Greek word, after all.
8.
ERATOSTHENES
He measured the circumference of the earth accurately… 2200 years ago.
9.
DELTA GOT YOU DOWN?
Maybe these ten films with Greek ties will help.
10.
MORE AGI (ANCIENT GREEK INFLUENCE)
“It is remarkable to consider how Greek mythology continues to have a big impact on modern forms of entertainment like gaming.”
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