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A good way to spoil a natural habitat with plastic! Whoever thought of that - maybe not the little boy & maybe not ever happened - is a genius!

Just checked: South Portland! The colours of sea & sky & the coast line beyond look very Greek :) It reminded me of the lighthouse of Saint Theodore lying next to the main port of Cephalonia. It was built by the British administrator Charles Napier in 1828, thus the similarities.

Happy New Year #2026 under the auspices of the old and the older - #alltimepresent

Exquisite dip of Mesolonghi #bottarga with a complete #Savvatiano flight from the blessed Attican land. No better start to the festive season! #MerryChristmas2025 #Attica

From ‘Fata Morgana’ by Kavvadias (Morgan the Fairy stands for the creation of fantastical, illusion-like complex mirages, often seen in the sea when extreme temperature gradients occur). Here dressed with the music & undimmed voice of Mariza Koch ✨🎹🎤 m.youtube.com/watch?v=F6iyXR…

Kavvadias, a superb Greek poet who wrote extensively about the Sea joined the war in 1940 & served as a mule guide. He wrote: “That winter I was urging a loaded mule down the narrow paths of coastal Albania. They said the animal was driving me. It is the same thing.”#cherishpeace

This is the first purpose built theatre of the world on an autumn day. Bold elongated archaic construction (ca 520 BC) with local schist, it overlooks the Aegean Sea & served for performances and citizen meetings alike. Here a Kentish school testing its amazing acoustics 🎭🎼✨

‘Deep red marble, Roman (the colour of red wine from Lazio), porphyry from Damascus, glory in crystal glasses, wine from Santorini. Let the wineskin provide us with a flow, and the shepherd Apollo dip his arrows in dioscorine.’ Amazing word craft! Who is the poet? Where from?

Harvest supermoon rising over Sounion! At the very spot where the King of Athens Aegeus awaited his son Theseus, throwing himself in the sea on seeing black sails & naming the sea off the Greek mainland #Aegean. Every pebble, every wave of this sea whispers his ancient language!

Dionysos about Theatre: ‘A place where we can tell real messed-up, effed-up stories Without gettin Stage Fright BTW My name is Dionysos not die-oh-nigh-sis I might run up in ur local theatre for a Stage Fight If u don't start pronouncing my name right!’ Bacchae @NationalTheatre

With our great-great-great grandfather #Diogenes asking #Alexander to move slightly so not to obstruct the sun rays falling on us :) We are shaped by what preceded us and should respect, learn and preserve #history 📚 🎯🤓

Greece celebrates the Mother of God today! Alongside humility & devotion, she conveys all the protective powers (expressed by the countless epithets) of an older Goddess, much loved by the Greeks: Athena. Christianity finds its deepest & most spiritual reserve in Ancient Greece.

Summer vibes through a masterful lens & bitter sweet nostalgia for a hopeful & purer era @athens_nhmuseum #RobertAMccabe

A diva is always loved, any place, any time! Thank you for sharing @MAlphabetique #MariaCallas

Greek cows - slow growing 🌿🤩 via @clasicasIEDA

Women have been the keepers of traditions preserving the ‘yeast’ of life & culture. We say ‘mother tongue’, ‘as mother told me’ & so the work of winemakers like Evanthia will continue to inspire future generations & build upon this deeply rooted tradition. mustsustainablewine.substack…

Why is Greece producing powerful - and extensive - female vocalists throughout time? Congratulations Klavdia, you are walking on a well laid path #Eurovision2025

Taste development begins in the womb & continues through childhood with the most significant changes occurring in the first few years of life. Children have a surprising sensitivity to taste with more taste buds than adults, which accounts for their preference to strong tastes 👅

Do you know that the word ‘satire’ comes from the loud & mischievous Ancient Greek dieties Satyrs, followers of the God Dionysus. They have become an inspiration for humour, irony and exaggeration to expose stupidity & vice, from #Aristophanes all the way to the @PrivateEyeNews