Greece is a beautiful country which is known for its culture, artistic influence, political contributions and religious significance. It is an independent country. It is recorded that around 98% of the population in Greece are known to be belonging to the Orthodox Church. You can also find Jews, Muslims and Roman Catholics in Greece, who comprise the rest of the population. Greece, like Russia, consists of such huge population of Orthodox ...
Historical Info
Giant Skeletons found in Greece
Graves of Giants near Mycenae! Giants Tombs discovered near Mycenae showing that the testimony is not just a legend but a proven fact! Besides, the folk traditions that preserve the existence of giants so far and reports of ancient writers are not limited to information rather than evidence of findings as an open secret now that the giant skeletons are found. Crews from the PPC to Megalopolis in Arcadia interpreted the findings as bones of ...
Greek Gods and Goddesses
The ancient Greeks projected upon the twelve gods their own faults and strengths, passions and weaknesses, their loves and hatreds, their nightmares and dreams. Jupiter (Zeus) The "Father of gods and people," Zeus / Jupiter, the king of Olympus and the twelve-leader, lord of lightning, Punisher and protector, lover and warlord, he defeated his father Cronus and the Titans and threw the Giants in Tartarus. He was the undisputed ruler of ...
Greek Hoplite Armor and Weapons
The Greek world in antiquity was a world of continual war. The cities of the era were virtually constantly at war, sometimes in a greater, sometimes in a lesser degree, entangled in a constant conflict between them. The main reasons for this were of economic nature. The Greek cities - states in their vast majority were predominantly rural economies. Apart from trade, industry and various manual tasks (potters, carpenters, builders, etc.), the ...
Greek Mythology – Cosmogony
The beginning of time and origin of the gods for the ancient Greeks is best described In Hesiod's "Theogony". So in the beginning there was Chaos, the Earth and Eros. These three primary deities had no family relationship between them, just appeared one after the other. Chaos was pitch-dark like a black spider with no sign of life. Absolute silence reigned everywhere. This scary, original creature was boundless; it had neither a beginning nor ...
How the ancient Spartans lived
Spartans were living in the Greek city of Sparta which was located at the banks of the river Eurotas at the peninsula southwest of Athens in Peloponnese. It was famous as the military city. It is believed to be founded by the offspring of Taygete and Zeus, called Lacedaemon who got married to the daughter of Eurotas named Sparta. Sparta didn’t create art, philosophy or literature but its citizens were famous for their braveness and because they ...
Mycenaean civilization – Rise and fall
The Mycenaean civilization was also known as Achaean civilization. Their civilization was the cultural period of the Bronze Age. Pylos, Corinth and Mycenae were independent city states were the strongest among the Mycenaean civilization. Mycenae was a city of Agamemnon (one of those leaders who defeated Troy.) the city states were ruled by kings. They had their palaces built on hilltops which were enclosed with giant walls, in case of attack; ...
Myths of the 12 Labors of Hercules
Hercules was born son of Alcmene and Zeus. His father Zeus was also known as the kind of gods who married a mortal woman. Hercules married Megara. Zeus's wife Hera did not however love him so much due to his constant infidelity. It was Hera who caused Hercules to go mad when he was grown up and also happily married. This caused him to kill his children and wife. To cleanse his soul from the sins he committed as a result, he was forced to serve ...