How an apple started the Trojan war and more about apples in Greek culture.
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Author: Smitaki
Who loves sardines?
Between May and July every year a huge natural spectacle takes place off the coast of South Africa. The show starts at the Agulhas bank, where the warm water stream of the Indian Ocean meets …
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The Oracle of Lesvos
About modern oracles like octopus or a cat during football championships.
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When the pine trees still had a face
About the harvest of resin on Lesvos.
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Kappari (capers)
About capers on Lesvos.
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About plants that can destroy armies.
About the yellow rhododendron and hemlock.
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Jumping rope and Fox Testicles Ice Cream
About orchids and salep, made of orchid tubers.
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No Valentine on Lesvos
About St. Valentine and some of his relics in Lesvos.
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Ataraxia
(Picture: a kafenion in Loutronpoli-Thermi) You will not find the name Epicurus in a list of the best known Greek philosophers like Pythagorion, Socrates, Plato or Aristotle. Although he did found a school of philosophy …
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Midwinter
Christmas times in the East and West and where it all came from.
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