Greece, Past to Present
Greece, Past to Present
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| ~ The staff and I at Greek Cuisine thank Yannisastra and kostasthess81 for the creation of these videos about the past and the present of Greece. ~ I am Greek and I am proud to show videos like these to promote Greece and my Culture. Thank you for watching these videos |
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The Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
The sad story of Orpheus and Eurydice, a classical Greek Myth. Yannisastra |
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Sun-god Apollo: Symbol of the Western Culture: an Astrological Approach A brief introduction to the symbolism of the Greek Sun-god Apollo. An astrological approach to the deity symbolizing Consciousness and Personal Identity. Yannisastra |
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Eratosthenes, the Brilliant Scientist of Antiquity Eratosthenes (276 - 194 B.C.), director of the Great Library of Alexandria, one of the greatest mathematicians, astronomers and geographers in history. His incredible achievements were the measurement of the earth's circumference, the earth-Sun distance, the calculation of the Prime Numbers and the inventor of the armillary sphere. Yannisastra |
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HYPATIA of Alexandria, the Last Philosopher of the Hellenistic Era and her Brutal Assassination Hypatia, the last Great Philosopher and Mathematician of the Hellenistic Age, who was brutally assassinated by a fanatic Christian mob in 415 A.D. Her life, her contribution to science and philosophy, her death marked the end of the Greek Philosophy and Science. Officially, after the death of Hypatia, Europe entered the long and dark period of the Middle Ages. Yannisastra |
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Olympus, the Mythical mountain of the Gods Olympus, the Mythical Mountain of the Gods. A geographical presentation of the highest mountain in Greece. Yannisastra |
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The Virgin Forests of the Rhodope Mountains. Greece This video shows the uniqueness of the Greek Rhodopes. Mountains, rivers, streams, gorges, meadows create splendid landscapes with a distinct ecological value. Yannisastra |
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Macedonia is timeless Greece Travel to Macedonia Macedonia is Greek and has always been from Alexander the Great to the present. kostasthess81 |
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Turkey: A State founded on Three Genocides After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the Movement of the Young Turks started a brutal policy of ethnic and religious cleansing of ethnic groups in Asia Minor, who lived there for more than 3,000 years. Outstanding were the Armenian, the Assyrian/Syriac and the Greek (Pontic) Genocide. Yannisastra |