I was a big Greek mythology buff at school. My dad had bought an encyclopedia in the late '70s, and I was learning everything about it via it. Naturally, my favorite character was goddess Athena. All about knowledge & wisdom. The most kind-hearted of the gods too. So I had to paint a portrait in her honor.
Three major #Greek shipping firms have stopped transporting Russian oil in recent weeks in order to avoid U.S. sanctions now being imposed on some shipping firms carrying Russian oil, four traders told Reuters and shipping data showed.
The development is a blow to Russia as it narrows the number of shipping firms that are ready to transport Russian oil to consumers in #Asia, #Turkey, the Middle East, #Africa and South America.
✨New Video✨ Secret Ritual Ingredients in Ancient Manuscripts - What They Are & What They Were Used For
This research journey lead me to one of the most unusual places I have ever come across. Enjoy watching 💖🌿☀️
"Russian real GDP is above where it was before the invasion. That is lamentable, but no one in #Brussels gets to lament this. The #EU made a conscious decision to put the profits of a handfull of #Greek shipping oligarchs ahead of the 450 million people it's supposed to represent..."
#Introduction I'm arfy, a long-time fan of #music#composition via #midi, as well as just enjoying music in all of its various forms. These days my compositions are few and far between, but the interest is definitely still there, especially now I have access to #apple#logic and Native instruments Komplete Kontrol and its system of #accessibility. I still love keeping up with the #electronic music scene and the technologies coming down the pipe. My other big interest at the moment is #History, and #language#etomology, particularly of #english and how it evolved from a mix of Germanic, #Latin, #Greek and all sorts of others. Also I'm an aspiring #ham#radio operator, wanting to get my #Australian foundation Licence. I think that's it for now, so, 73s!
According to the testimonies of survivors, an attempt was made by the Greek Coast Guard to push the ship towards #Italian waters. They tied a rope and started towing them, during the maneuver the boat capsized…
This is cold murder by the #Greek state in coordination with #Europe’s orders and #Frontex
Now #police is threatening survivors not to talk to reporters about what happened or they will be prosecuted as traffickers…
Though in modern fantasy the term "dryad" means any tree nymph, to the ancient Greeks the dryads were only nymphs of oak trees. Other nymphs included daphnaie (laurels), epimelides (apple trees), meliae (ash trees), anthousai (flowers), and kissiae (ivy). #WyrdWednesday#folklore#mythology#greekmythology#Greek#fairy
"What makes #Greek#Sephardi#food so unique isn't just the fusion of the two cuisines and cultures but also their vastly different techniques and ingredients.
We're going to take a look at a few of the most important and delicious #recipes that first originated in #Thessaloniki in the #Jewish community."
This bronze helmet of the Corinthian type was found in the sanctuary at #Olympia, where large numbers of Corinthian helmets were excavated. Herodotos mentions this type of helmet as part of the equipment of the #Greek hoplites. C6th BC.
If you want your mind blown, read the myths of #Dionysus/#Zagreus not as though they’re simply “the god of wine,” but as the deity of all kinds of #fermentation. Sure, wine, but also sauerkraut, sourdough bread, yogurt: these foods and the microbes that produce them are all Dionysian. Change my mind. #orphism#hellenism#greek
When it comes to music, I love pop music and electronic music, especially when it gets experimental (SOPHIE and the PC Music collective literally rewired parts of my brain).
Otherwise I just enjoy regular club music and am always out dancing somewhere on weekends. Actually nightlife has helped me a lot build a community of likeminded people and is now an important part of my life and identity :heart_progress:
Here's a few words about some of my interests:
#history and #archaeology: recent history, renaissance, and ancient civilisations (Ancient Greece in particular)
#computerscience and #programming: I have to code a lot for my work, mostly in R and python, and I would like to learn C++
The Astrological Disk From Chevroches - The tiny disk is divided into 12 segments and inscribed in Greek with the 12 Egyptian months, the names of the 12 zodiacal signs, and the 12 Roman months.
Perfectly preserved 2,000-year-old Greek altar unearthed in Sicily (tvpworld.com)
The altar had been buried for centuries by a thin layer of earth and vegetation at the Segesta archeological site.