Republic of Greece,
The Greek national flag.
Map of Greece.
Greece are one of the ancient countries, and together with the Roman Empire & Arabian world the birth place of modern Western civilization.
Unfortunately Greece have been occupied many times sine it's ancient glory 8'th to 6'th century BC. and again in the 3'rd century AC.
Concurred by the Turks in 1458 Athens, and the entire country by 1503. The Greeks rose from the slavery and won the war against the Turks in 1829, with a bit of help from the British, French, and the Russians leading to new Greek independence in 1830.
In 1862 the Danish Prince Vilhelm was chosen by the Greek to be King of Greece. Later on the present King of Greece married the Danish Princess Anne-Marie, sister to the present Danish Queen.
They are however now in exile due to political problems in the 60'ties, and was forced out in 1967.
The conflict however remains un-solved at Cyprus, which is still under UN peacekeeping forces, divided into 2 parts a Greek & a Turkish half of the Island.
Greece thus became a Republic, with the Royal Greek family now in London.
Historic brief
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Greece here,
My 1'st visit to Greece was in 1984, and I had a great time there meeting some very friendly people & enjoying some delicious Greek food & vine.
Some pictures,
The Greek goddess, Athena, favorite daughter of Zenus.
Acropolis Temple, Athens
Acropolis Temple, was under renovation at my visit,
but a truly magnificent building.
Amfibie Theatre, Athens.
Which have a acoustic so incredibly good,
you have to go there to believe your ears..
National Museum in Athens
The Good of the sea, Poseidon.
The statue was found at the bottom of the sea, at Cap Artemision.
Considered to be one of the oldest surviving Greek sculptures, aprox 460 BC.
Athens crawls up the mountains,
so be prepared for walking.!
One of the many small handicraft shops,
who make replica of ancient Greek art & crafts.
National theatre, Athens.
The Amfi-theatre in Epidauros.
Used today for classic Greek plays.
View from the top rows,
makes a normal stage look very cheap....
Port of Aigina, one of the Islands just outside of Athens.
Channel of Corinth,
Construction started by the Romans, but it was abandoned.
Project re-started in 1881 & completed in 1893
Length about 6 km, through solid rock,
separating Peloponnesos from the Greek mainland.
Ancient natural port, near Lutraki who is famous for it's natural springs,
and also a location for Athenians going on a weekend trip.
Remains if ancient pier, great place for a swim.
Pythagoras, 580-500 BC
Greek philosopher & scientist
Founder of his school, located in Southern Italy
which became the foundation of Greek Mathematics & Philosophy.
Major famous achievements;
The scale of tones, by use of Kvint & Octav
The mathematical function, a2 + b2 = c2 to calculate the sides of a 90 degrees triangle. The calculation was however know before him, as far back as 2000 BC, but made famous by Pythagoras.
Pythagorean numbers, 3 numbers who meet the function a2 + b2 = c2, as none decimal numbers.
The teaching of Quantitative relations in Natural science, as the base for all things natural.
The mathematical function, a2 + b2 = c2
Greece is a country of wonders, just waiting to be explored and visited by You.
Who need to travel with a time machine, you can take a flight to Athens and walk around the history of 2000 years in an afternoon, seeing truly fantastic things.
A challenge for our mind, how did those guys & girls do all of this with their bare hands, when today you need a machine to almost anything.!
Have a nice trip
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