Oxi Day in Greece is a national holyday that commemorates the events of October 28, 1940, and the Greek word όχι means “no” On the night of October 28, 1940, the Italian ambassador transmitted a telegram from Mussolini to the Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas. Greece was required to let the Italian army enter into […]

The grape harvest in September is one of the most ancient and beloved traditions of a Greek village. It turned to a sacred celebration for the Minoans in Crete, and many of their rituals are still alive. Of course, today you can’t see the processions of dancing young men and burner’s pots with incense herbs […]

As you know, there is a myth about a monster with a bull’s head, lived in the Labyrinth, a son of a bull and the wife of the Cretan king Minos, result of an unnatural connection. He was killed by the Athenian Theseus. The myth is associated with the Minoan culture that existed in Crete […]

Ancient Greeks were big believers in aphrodisiacs and ancient love potions. If you want to spice up your love life, look no further. Here are 5 of the more common natural aphrodisiacs that have been used throughout the centuries and can still be found today at your local supermarket if you feel like giving them […]

When we are introduced to Homer’s Iliad, which describes the events of the Trojan War of the XIII-XII centuries BC, we are confronted with the question of what is the difference between the Achaeans and the Danaans. The beginning of the plot becomes the dispute of the goddesses and the judgement of Paris. The topic […]

The Cretan Bull was a bull that appeared in the myth of the Labours of Heracles, as well as the myth of the Minotaur, in Greek mythology. It was the creature that Pasiphae (the wife of the Minos) fell in love with. Minos was king in Crete. In order to confirm his right to rule, rather than any of his brothers, […]

Europa was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and after whom the continent Europe was named. The mythographers tell that Zeus was enamored of Europa and decided to seduce or ravish her, the two being near-equivalent in Greek myth. He transformed himself into a tame white […]

A part of this story is documented. The rest is based on the stories about the beginning of the conquest of Crete by the Ottomans This story began on the largest slave market in Europe, which was in the center of Constantinople. Anyone who happens to be in Istanbul can find it himself. This is […]

The Minoan civilization is an Aegean civilization that originated on the island of Crete and flourished in 2700-1450 BC. At the height of the flourishing Minoan civilization, a unification of Crete created the sea power of the King Minos and possibilities for a wide scale of Cretan commercial activities in the basin of the Aegean […]