The ninth month of the year still bears the name of the seventh month. An inheritance from Pre-Christian times, when science endlessly struggled with the months and the moon phases. Along with Greek calendars and …
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Author: Smitaki
Sunglasses with a story
About ships, ship building, wooden boats and wooden sunglasses.
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Eating fig flowers
Fig trees fill the Mediterranean landscape. The fig’s fruit is in fact the core of the blossom. This flower rich plant is the first autumnal fruit. From mid August onwards the ripe fruit seduces you …
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Fire on the island*
About a wildfire in Eftalou.
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Káárpouzi!
A little history of the watermelon.
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The Great Drive
About the road-building-fever of Lesvos.
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Terpander from Antissa
About the musician Terpander from Andissa, also called The Father of the Greek Music.
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Where is the Greek sun?
More than once, at the beginning of this summer I said: “It’s good that there are no tourists around”. The weather kept putting on and off her winter coat and, except for a tiny heatwave …
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Roman games
(Ancient theater of Mytilini. Photo: internet) A few weeks ago a very old temple was found in an even older amphitheater in Mytilini: a temple for Nemesis, the Greek goddess of retribution. With a whip …
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Beetroot divorce
About beetroots and its leaves.
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