2018-07-15

【You may forget but】

Sappho (c. 630 — c. 570 BCE)

                You may forget but

                let me tell you

                this: someone in

                some fu

2018-07-15

【Ode on a Grecian Urn】

〖UK〗John Keats (1795—1821)

            Thou still unravish’d bride of quietness,

                Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time,

            Sylvan historian, who canst thus express

2018-07-15

【Aiden in English】

        Olympia, Greece. A grand, majestic name as a center for the worship of Zeus in the 10^th century B.C. Right next to Athens and Pompeii, its appearance only grants half the fame. It's the legends, the history, and the stuff hiding behind the name that gives substance. It's also why everyone on board seems to be taking a tour of Ancient Olympia along River Kladeos in the Peloponnesus.

        So

2015-06-20

【Tonight I've watched】

(Greek) Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE)

                Tonight I've watched

                the moon and then

                the Pleiades

              &

2015-06-17

【Cyprian, in My Dream】

Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE)

                Cyprian, in my dream

                the folds of a purple

                kerchief shadowed

               &n

2015-06-17

【Words】

Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE)

                Although they are

                only breath, words

                which I command

                are immortal

—— &#

2015-06-29

【Aiden in English】

        The city of Nessebar in Bulgaria is a life-size maze of cobble streets and a Byzantine neighborhood. I believed that it was one of a kind. However, when I arrived in the Cycladic Mykonos of Greece, my original theory was proven far from correct. 

        Similar to Nessebar, Mykonos had a tiny little island built like a labyrinth for the same reason. Piracy was common when the island w

2015-06-29

【Aiden in English】

        To be honest, I don’t know too much about the god Apollo and the goddess of Artemis. Sure, they’re one of the 12 Olympians in Greek Mythology. Well, as for the details, let’s just say I learned a lot on the island of Delos in Greece.

        Delos is an island 7.0 kilometers/4.3 miles long and 2.5 km/1.6 miles wide. Like the town of Mykonos, everything had to be white since the he

2015-06-22

【Aiden in English】

        The geography of a place is always the deciding factor that history revolves around. There wouldn’t be an Egyptian civilization without the Nile River. There wouldn’t be Mesopotamia including Turkey without the Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. And there wouldn’t be Greece without the mountains.

        Yesterday, we experienced the Meteora’s monasteries built on rock pillars 400

2015-06-22

【Aiden in English】

        People know Shakespeare and his poems. Although the language is a bit… quirky to say the least people adore him. People also adore Greek history. So they should also love Homer. 

        Homer was a great teacher and famous poet of the ancient epics Iliad and Odyssey. These two epics are composed of long poems that tell a story or in this case, multiple historical stories. Ob

2015-06-22

【Aiden in English】

        When something is turning old, it is usually taken as a bad sign. But sometimes, being old and crippled can mean a resurrection, a boast of good revival. The medieval village of Pyrgi was set up as the best example. It was built with its present form of heavy gates and narrow but winding streets in the 13^th century. As the oldest village in Khios, the aromatic lentisk trees flourish on Khios and produce the “tears of

2015-06-22

【Aiden in English】

        The island of Khios is part of a huge ancient empire stretching back to 7,000 B.C. So it’s safe to say that not all villages have survived, but the few that still stand, well, don’t seem as if they were built before the year. 

        The semi-fortified medieval village of Anavatos becomes the oldest quaint ruin in Khios. It’s sadly affected by Turks’ slaughter and has been

2015-06-21

【Aiden in English】

        Imagine having a house up in the mountains hovered in the air. Wow, imagine living in it. Imagine surviving with no internet, no roads, and no cars, and to reach any other civilization meant a walk straight down. 

        That came around about 400 years ago. Nowadays, a road allows tour busses to reach Meteora of Greece. Its spectacular landscape has derived from extensive o

2015-06-20

【Aiden in English】

        Mount Olympus is the place of the Greek gods. There are twelve, to be exact. They are the Twelve Olympians, rulers in each aspect. Everything revolved around these gods, the Earth, and beyond.

        Zeus, the king of basically everything, rules with his specialty as the god of the skies. In Athens, Zeus is a celebrated god since he’s the king. Zeus was the son of Kronos, a Tita

2015-06-19

【Aiden in English】

        It's hilarious how some things after being destroyed can start again. At times, it becomes impossible to even exist anymore. What goes around comes around, and the return can be amazing.

        In 1650 B.C., a massive earthquake struck Santorini in Greece. The island would never be the same. This most beguiling island of the Cyclades was sitting on two clashing continental pl

2015-06-17

【Aiden in English】

        Today I went to the Island of Rhodes, the most easterly island of the Aegean Sea in Greece. You shouldn’t be confused with Rhode Island on the east coast of the USA, or a “road” as in the strip of land cars travel on. They are completely different. How much? Well, you’ll know it after reading this. This sunny Aegean gem was once the site of the Colossus of Rhodes created to honor the sun god Helios, a statue at lea

2015-06-16

【Aiden in English】

        And I thought the lemons were taking over the world. Well, when witnessing the activity on Crete in the Aegean Sea of Greece, the olive headquarters of the operations, a contest was quickly approaching for those two plants. Crete is the most southerly point in Europe and is filled with lush olives, and I think that they might have a shot at beating the lemons to a common goal: world domination.

  &nb