I found my new favorite coffee shop in Budapest 🥰 Pompeii Latte Art Cafe. They have a bookshelf entirely filled with books on Greek and Roman mythology! And archeology. And the coffee is amazing too. And you get quotes from Classical authors with your drink, on little scrolls. How cool is that?
4 Jan 1569: Roger Ascham scholar, #Greek & #Latin tutor to Elizabeth I when she was a princess is buried at St. Sepulchre Without Newgate #London#otd (BM)
23 Dec 1568: Roger Ascham scholar, #Greek & #Latin tutor to Elizabeth I when she was a princess takes mortally ill #otd having just completed a Latin poem of thanksgiving to his former student for her decade of rule, intended as a New Year 1569 gift (BM)
Listening to a podcast about the #Greek orator #Demosthenes, whose uncanny skill in communicating a lot of information in a few words would millennia later lend his name to the "#demoscene", a movement about packing tons of visuals and audio in very few bytes.
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With the generous help of Akaki Razmadze @razmadzekoko we explored the #Georgian script and its round shapes. Irene Vlachou @irenevlachou helped with the details and characteristics of the #Greek alphabet. On top of that, we made sure that all dots are in line and order. Thanks to @romainmarc.
Citizens of #Greece and #Georgia will get the original entry price license.
Sunak’s words will do little to heal the rift between the two countries caused by his last-minute decision to cancel the bilateral meeting that was due to take place on Tuesday afternoon.
#Sunak's appalling behaviour re #Greek PM suggests more pandering 2 the extreme nationalism of this Tory party. Such behaviour divides human beings, it shows the depths the UK has plumbed. Sunak does NOT speak 4 British people. https://tinyurl.com/bdfmu2pw#RejoinEU#ToryCorruption
"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."
"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..."
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.
One would have imagined #Greece to be the last country to have been so willing to help #Russia 's #economy, in view of #Greek desire to resolve the #Cyprus conflict through respect for rule of #law, but Greece has proved to be beholden to it's large shipping firms (who avoid paying much Greek tax).
It's fascinating to see that the #USA has in effect been the arbiter here, making sure that Greece stops supporting Russia.
I do hope that this gets the recognition and applause that I think it deserves, both within and without the US.
A box containing two dice, made from ivory, the sliding lid is missing. Purchased from a private collector. So it's unfortunately unclear if it dates to #Roman or #Greek times. That’s why archaeological context matters!
#CAIRO — After a long journey from #Gaza, more than 100 American citizens and their families have entered #Egypt through the #RafahCrossing. Jonathan Webster, the #USEmbassy in Cairo's consul general, said some of those families are telling him they ran out of food and water during their journeys. #Israel
The ship loaded around 145,000 metric tonnes of oil in the #Iraqi port of #Basra and was heading to #Aliaga in western #Turkey via the #SuezCanal, Empire Navigation told Reuters. It said it had lost contact with the vessel, manned by a crew of 19 including 18 #Filipino nationals and one #Greek national. #StNikolas#Israel#Gaza