Of all the Panhellenic Games in ancient Greece, the most important took place at Olympia "As water is the most precious of all elements, such as gold emerges as the most expensive among all commodities, and as, finally, the sun illuminates more than any other star, so the Olympia shines shading any other race "sings Pindar in his first Olympic ode. According to tradition, the first gods fought in Olympia. Zeus defeated Cronus in the fight, Apollo ...
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Ancient Greek Ships – The Ancient Greek Trireme
The ancient Greek trireme was a successor of triakontoros and pentekontors ancient Greek ships and the ancestor of the Roman trireme and of almost all other known downstream vessels, namely the Byzantine Corvette, the corvette and the galley (late 18 century AD). It was first built by the Corinthian shipbuilders as a successor of the Pentekontors and the bireme ancient Greek ships. Its construction was headed by the shipbuilder Ameinoklis, who ...
Ancient Greek Theatre
An interesting fact about Greece is that it has a very rich history of Art. Theater is one of the most admired forms of art and also a major part of the Greek art history. If you are a theater lover, you will be excited to learn about the ancient Greek theaters and facts related to them. The country is considered to be one of the best vacation sights due to its natural beauty and tourist attractions such as historical buildings and sights, ...
Angelokastro Corfu
Angelokastro is one of the most vital Byzantine Castles within Greece. It is situated on the Corfu island at the highest peak of island’s beach within northwest coast close to Palaiokastritsa, which is particularly built on the rocky and precipitous terrain. It is based on thousand ft. on the steep cliff over the beautiful sea. As per the survey of the City of Corfu as well as mountains of the Greek mainland it stands towards the southeast as ...
Byzantine art and Architecture
The Roman Empire was divided into two parts, the Eastern and Western Roman Empires before it fell in 476 AD. Out of these two parts the “Western Roman Empire fell down in 476 AD. However, the Eastern Roman Empire did not fall and was miraculously saved to preserve the Roman culture. Constantinople was declared as the capital city and the Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire. After that the development of the empire started. The first ...
Byzantine church architecture: Influences of culture
Byzantine Empire or the eastern Roman Empire was created to adjust administration control on the kingdom. At the same time there were some remains of the Arabic civilization in all aspects of like. Slowly very slowly the Roman culture and civilization started getting influenced by the remains of another great civilization. To go through the Byzantine church styles it is found that the architecture of the early churches were purely leveraged on ...
Castle Towns in Greece
Greece is one of those places in the world where you can see some of the preserved culture and well kept historic buildings and houses. This just brings out a desire to explore this small world as it has so much to offer to an individual seeking enjoyment and exploration. A combination of natural beauty, preserved ancient towers with a spice up of western technologies wraps, up the entire fun one would be looking for during his special vacation ...
Different kinds of Ancient Greek Ships
Prior to circa 800BC there’s no leading ship type utilized within the fleets of the Aegean Ocean. Most of the vessels were little beyond than extended boats of an ancient design. They’re mainly used in war to carry troops and marine battles were planking actions. Circa eight hundred BC the force was intend and altered marine fights to a competition of manoeuvre and speed. At 1st this guide to the progress of the Penteconter, a smooth butt armed ...