Greeker than the Greeks

Greeker Than The Greeks

The sophists - Ancient Greek philosophers who used clever but false arguments with the intent of deceiving.

The Sophists – Ancient Greek Philosophers of Deceptive Argument

The sophists, whose philosophy was known as sophistry, were ancient Greek philosophers who used clever but false arguments with the intent of deceiving. They were usually travelling teachers, whose aim was to “enlighten”...

Greek Saints

Athanasius of Alexandria – Defender of Christianity against Arianism

The story of Athanasius is one of courage, resolute determination and an unwavering Devotion to Jesus as God incarnate true God of true God. Saint Athanasius, also known as Athanasius I of...

Greece: ancient and modern

The Seven Sages of Ancient Greece

The Seven Sages or Seven Wise Men, was the name bestowed upon seven acclaimed philosophers, statesmen and law-givers of ancient Greece during the seventh to six century B.C. These seven men were...

The Story of the Hercules Knot - The Love or Marriage Knot of Ancient Greece

Greek Mythology

The Story of the Hercules Knot – The Ancient Greek Love Knot

We’ve all heard the saying, “Tying the knot”, meaning to get married. However, did you know the origins of this phrase go back thousands of years, to the time of Hercules, the...

Greece: ancient and modern

Maimakterion – Fifth Month of the Ancient Attic Calendar

The ancient Athenians used the Attic or Athenian calendar (only one of many calendars used in ancient Greece) mainly to keep track of the numerous celebrations going on more or less every day...

Greek Mythology

The Five Rivers of the Ancient Greek Underworld

The ancient Greeks believed that existence does not end with death; there is no death, only a transition from one state of being to another; every human died only to live again...

Marble group of hands - Fragment of a dexiosis (farewell scene) from an Attic grave relief - Late 4th c. BC - Benaki Museum - Athens

Greece: ancient and modern

Dexiosis – The Ancient Greek Handshake – A Gesture of Peace

The origin of the Dexiosis (δεξίωσις), the Greek handshake; two people shaking hands as a symbolic gesture of trust, equality and farewell is believed to date back to at least the 5th...

Greek Fire - The Secret Naval Weapon of the Byzantine Empire

Greece: ancient and modern

Greek Fire – The Secret Weapon of the Byzantine Empire

Invented by the Byzantines, Greek Fire, was the secret weapon of mass destruction used by the Byzantine Empire, from the 7th to 14th centuries. This Medieval flamethrower was a mysterious incendiary weapon,...

Greece: ancient and modern / Greek Mythology

The Legend of the Gordian Knot

Today we use the metaphor “Gordian Knot” to describe any gritty problem which appears to have no solution, a knotty problem you might say, which can only be solved by a bold...

Greece: ancient and modern / Greek Customs traditions & celebrations

Boedromion – Third Month of the Ancient Attic or Athenian Calendar

The month of “Boedromion” was the third month in the ancient Greek Attic, or Athenian, calendar, which in today’s Gregorian calendar falls from mid-September to mid-October. The Attic Calendar ...

Greek Mythology / Untranslatable Greek Words?

The Concept and Consequences of Hubris in 8 Greek Myths

The word, or term, Hubris, originates from the Ancient Greek word ὕβρις (húbris) and refers to arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, pretentiousness, vanity, pride, insolence and audacity. I could go on and on here...

Greeker than the Greeks