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Why Corinth Needed a Shortcut Until the 7th century BC. For a ship to sail from the Saronic Gulf to the Ionian Sea, it had to go around the whole Peloponnese and risk the difficult passage of the Malea cape. This journey took around a week, depending on the weather conditions. Periander’s Solution — The …
Apart from the high arts of Rhetoric, Poetry, Philosophy, and Architecture, the Ancient Greeks also started the art of Gastronomy. The most convincing proof of this is the word “gastronomy” which comes from the Greek “gastronomy” and “law”, i.e., “the laws of the stomach”. Who Invented Gastronomy? The Story of Archestratos Archestratos, a famous Syracusan …
2026 UPDATE: The Parthenon restoration 2026 marks a historic milestone. On October 12, 2025, the scaffolding was removed for the first time in 200 years… The Parthenon’s exterior scaffolding was removed for the first time in 200 years, offering visitors a rare unobstructed view of the temple. Lighter scaffolding has since been reinstalled for final …
Thespis — The World’s First Actor Who was the first actor in the World? The poet Thespis or Thespians. He came from the Municipality of Ikaria (today’s municipality of Dionysus in the Attica region). According to ancient sources, Thespis was the first actor ever, and the father of dramatic art and theater. He was the …
Themistocles, son of Neoklis, was born around 527 BC and died in 461 BC in Persia. In the beginning, he didn’t have any political rights as his mother was from Thrace and not an original Athenian. Thanks to statesman Kleisthenes (founder of Democracy) that who changed that law, Themistokles started his political career. Battle of …