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Only in the Greek language do we find the signifier (i.e. the word) and the signified (i.e. the meaning of […]

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Medea

Although the play is now considered one of the great dramas of ancient Greece, the Athenian judges did not react […]

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Tyrian Purple

tyrian purple

The famously expensive Tyrian Purple, the purple-striped edges of a senatorial Roman toga and the phrase ‘Born to the Purple’ […]

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Dionysus

Dionysus

Based on the Orphic Theogony, Dionysus is the son of Zeus and Persephone or Semeli.Both these goddesses are of the […]

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Anthestiria

The Grand celebrations of the Anthestiria, in Ancient Greece reached its climax for 3 days, after a long period of […]

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The shores of my country

Everything here speaks now, as it did centuries ago. Of illumination, of blinding joyous illumination. Light acquires a transcendental quality.. […]

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MEGALONISOS

Megalonisos,The Big Island Crete in the colloquial tongue and spacious and big it is. The brooding presence of its four […]

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RETHYMNO YEARLY EVENTS

RETHYMNO YEARLY EVENTS

RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL RETHYMNO In the heart of summer, Rethymno hosts famous vocal ensembles from Europe and the world, as well […]

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EASTER

Wherever one might go in the Eastern Mediterranean, a handsome Adonis awaits: for he rejoices in many names in this […]

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LIGHT

Arriving to Crete one’s heart beats to a new rhythm, one’s ears hear tonalities of a new tongue and with […]

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RETHYMNO AND OUTSKIRTS

Set in the Mediterranean sea is the mythical island of Crete, the cradle of European civilization. This island provided refuge […]

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