'The Horses of Achilles', a poem by Angelos Sikelianos.

The story behind the constellation Coma Berenice goes back to antiquity and Queen Berenice.

  Greek Feta cheese was officially recognized as a ‘Protected Designation of Origin’ (P.D.O.) product by the European Union Commission in 2002. Recognizing the uniqueness of such a product is very important as Greek Feta cheese is completely…

Hypnos and Thanatos may have been minor gods in ancient Greek mythology, but they were respected by mortals and immortals alike.

  The history and the mythology connected with the islands of the north Aegean such as Lemnos and Imbros go back to antiquity. Lemnos was freed from Ottoman rule and became a part of the Greek State on…

  From the poem Works and Days by Hesiod referring to Hope. Only Hope was left within her unbreakable house, She remained under the lip of the jar, and did not Fly away. Before [she could], Pandora replaced…

  Hephaestus, the Olympian god of fire, metallurgy, craftsmanship, artisans, sculptors and volcanoes was asked by his father Zeus, king of the Olympian gods, to make the first woman. It was an easy task for him as he…

Once upon a time, our world was completely different. Civilisation as we know it today did not exist. It was a time when people still lived in caves, in darkness with only the bare essentials, if that. And…

  Fear is inherent in every person. It is a disturbing feeling that has a hold over a person because of an impending danger the courses of which we often do not know. We can all understand that…

  There are so many ancient sites around Athens that we do not know about. One of them is the ancient site of Rhamnous (Greek: Ραμνούς), on the Attica coast about 55 km northeast of Athens. The ruins…