sigatikoi eimaste oloi stin trella

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In Greece, Meteora features a cluster of ancient Eastern Orthodox monasteries built atop immense, natural sandstone rock pillars that rise like giant fingers toward the sky, seemingly suspended in mid-air. Video and description by Our Hidden Earth. 

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Καλοκαιρινά ραντεβού στις παραλίες σου

καλοκαιρινά Νέκταρ μπρος στην αμμουδιά

όλο το νησί ένα βότσαλο στα πόδια σου ολόκληρη η γη η δική σου αγκαλιά

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Hermes of Praxiteles (340-330 BC.)

Also known as Hermes and the Infant Dionysus. Found during excavations at the temple of Hera in 1877. The messenger of the gods, charged by Zeus to take the infant Dionysos to the Nymphs, who were to nurse him, rests on the way having thrown his cloak over a tree trunk.

In his raised right arm he was probably holding a bunch of grapes, a symbol associated with the future god of wine. Dionysos reaches out for it.

The sculptor brought out the beauty of the figure by expressing the Olympian serenity of the face of the god and the harmony of his body. The highly polished surface adds to the graceful and soft characteristics of the art of Praxiteles.

Parian marble. Height 2,13 m. The calves and the left foot are restored with plaster. Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Greece

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The Lion Gate at Mycenae (Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece)

The main entrance to Mycenaean Civilization

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Sparta Collection, Greece

Greece | Ancient ruins

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(via our heat is gospel: Image)

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Statue of Dionysus from the east pediment of the Parthenon.

Acropolis of Athens • Greece, 🇬🇷

© Veronika Tsoi 

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A corner of Kos, Greece

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Woman washing laundry by hand, a girl watches, Ioannina, Greece, 1951 - by David Seymour (1911 – 1956), Polish

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📍Hydra Island Greece 🇬🇷

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#hydra #island #greece #beautifuldestinations #summeringreece #ElegantAttitude

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Singer Vasilia Michale with the folk dress of the village Verdikoúsia, in Elassóna, Greece. A thing I found interesting in the page where I found this photo is that many people took note of the Vlach influences in the dress and asked  whether  Verdikoúsia was a Vlach village or had a Vlach community. People from the region answered that actually the village did not have Vlach population, however there was a Vlach group that often passed the winter in the hills around the village and apparenly the local fashion trends of the village were influenced by their clothes. It just reminded me how historical truth is always far more nuanced than our black-or-white perception of things.

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