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Dartmouth Classics FSP to Greece 2007 visits a tholos tomb just outside the walls of the ancient city of Mycenae.

Θαλαμωτός τάφος Οιδίποδος Παίδων. Ο θαλαμωτός τάφος ο λεγόμενος "Οιδίποδος Παίδων" βρίσκεται στο λόφο Μεγάλο Καστέλλι στα ανατολικά της Καδμείας ακρόπολης της Θήβας. Πρόκειται για μυκηναϊκό θαλαμωτό τάφο μνημειωδών διαστάσεων που ταυτίστηκε με τον τάφο των Οιδίποδος Παίδων που αναφέρει ο Παυσανίας, δηλαδή του Ετεοκλή και Πολυνείκη, οι οποίοι αλληλοσκοτώθηκαν μονομαχώντας μπροστά στα τείχη της Θήβας στην εκστρατεία των ?Επτά επί Θήβας? (Ο Παυσανίας ονομάζει τους τάφους αυτούς "μνήματα", δηλ. μνημειακές ταφικές κατασκευές). Το επιβλητικότατα μυκηναϊκό ταφικό μνημείο αποκαλύφθηκε στη βόρεια πλαγιά του λόφου του μεγάλου Καστελλίου από τον έφορο Θ. Σπυρόπουλο, ο οποίος από το 1970 ως το 1973 ερεύνησε συστηματικά το λόφο. Ο τάφος χρονολογείται στον 14-13ο αιώνα π.Χ. Είναι από τους μεγαλύτερους γνωστούς θαλαμωτούς τάφους των μυκηναϊκών χρόνων και δεν υστερεί πολύ σε διαστάσεις από τους σημαντικότερους θολωτούς (σημειώνεται εν προκειμένω ότι στην περιοχή των Θηβών δεν έχουν εντοπιστεί θολωτοί μυκηναϊκοί τάφοι). Πιθανώς πρόκειται για τάφο που προοριζόταν για τα μέλη βασιλικής οικογένειας. Σχηματίστηκε από την ενοποίηση δύο ταφικών δωματίων που είχαν λαξευτεί στο λόφο σε διαφορετικό επίπεδο και με ξεχωριστούς δρόμους (διαδρόμους πρόσβασης). Ο κυριώτερος από τους δρόμους έχει μήκος 25 μέτρα, 10 μέτρα ύψος και 4 μέτρα πλάτος. Ο δεύτερος δρόμος που φαίνεται μεταγενέστερος είναι 1,30μ. ψηλότερος από τον πρώτο και οδηγεί σε θάλαμο που διαμορφώθηκε ως προέκταση του πρώτου θαλάμου (όλος ο χώρος του θαλάμου έχει 11,5μ μήκος, 7 μέτρα μήκος και 3,5μ ύψος. Ο τάφος είναι από τους λίγους θαλαμωτούς των μυκηναϊκών χρόνων που είχε διακοσμηθεί με τοιχογραφίες. Η γραπτή διακόσμηση -σπείρες, φυτικός διάκοσμος,γυναίκες με υψωμένα χέρια σε στάση θρήνου- ήταν στα τοιχώματα του θαλάμου και στις κάθετες επιφάνειες των "θρανίων" που άλλα λαξεύτηκαν και άλλα χτίστηκαν στο εσωτερικό του θαλάμου. Οι τοιχογραφίες αποκολλήθηκαν και μεταφέρθηκαν στη Δ/νση Συντήρησης. Κατά το 1997 μεταφέρθηκαν πίσω στο Μουσείο Θήβας όπου και βρίσκονται. Συντάκτης Βασίλειος Αραβαντινός, αρχαιολόγος. http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=5342

Text on the subs: In the second millenium B.C. mighty sea power apperared on Crete. The Cretans left the big cities with poved streets after themselves. The walls of their palaces were decorated with amazing fresco. The Cretans' huge fleet dominated on the eastern Mediterranean. The power of Crete controled the most important trade routes and metals deposits. The Cretans attacked Egypt, settled in the Crimea and imported amber from the Baltic. But suddenly in 15th century b.c. Crete's power ceased to exist. The palaces were destroyed... and the natives left lived-in lands. What was the reason for so sudden and tragical Crete's power downfall? What nation was the founder of this state? Scientists suppoused it to be the Slavs' ancestors. Is it right? And what did narrate mysterious inscriptions of this the first European civilization?

The three signposted Mycenaean Bridges on the road from Nafplio to Epidaurus. The first and third have only recently been signposted and cleaned up, although the third has become clogged up again following heavy rains. The bridges were built between 1600 and 1200 BC using the corbelled technique characteristic of cyclopaean masonry.

Written and directed by Carl Hancock Rux/Calarts Production

Excerpt of Mycenaean, written and directed by Carl Hancock Rux/CalArts production. Video by Pablo Molina/Jaco van Schalkwyck. Music by Rux & Van Schalkwyck

Arsenal - part of Mycenaean palace Picasa Google http://picasaweb.google.com/viotiafamousplaces/AncientTownOfThebesThiva www.panoramio.com http://www.panoramio.com/photo/4706810 www.photobucket.com http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/viotiafamousplaces/Ancient%20Thiva/

The ruins of the Mycenaen Palace Complex of Cadmeia Thebes Boeotia Hellas.

Ancient Cycladic, Minoan, Mycenaean and Greek cultures, with ancient Greek music.

A Montage of glitches by a group of fellow Call of Duty 4 PlayersTradition relates that Sparta was founded by its first king Lacedaemon, son of Zeus and Taygete, who named the city after his wife, the daughter of Eurotas. However, the nearby archaeological sites of Amyclae and Therapne (Therapnae) before circa 1000 BCE appear to be more important than Sparta; the former is a Minoan ruin a few miles to the south of Sparta, the latter likely the Achaean capital of Laconia and the seat of Menelaus, called the king of Sparta in the annals of the Trojan War, who was Agamemnon's younger brother according to Greek mythology and literature. LycurgusSome eighty years after the Trojan War, according to the traditional chronology, the Dorian migration from the north took place and eventually led to the rise of classical Sparta - famous as a martial power, foe of the Persian Empire, and eventual conqueror of Athens. A band of Dorians united with a body of Aetolians to cross the Corinthian Gulf and invade the Peloponnese from the northwest. The Aetolians settled in Elis, and the Dorians pushed up to the headwaters of the Alpheus where they divided into two forces, one of which under Cresphontes invaded and later subdued Messenia, while the other, led by Aristodemus or, according to another version, by his twin sons Eurysthenes and Procles, made its way down the Eurotas valley and gained Sparta, which became the Dorian capital of Laconia. [1] Prehistoric period Archeology is however difficult to reconcile with the legend. Sparta itself only begins to show signs of settlement around 1000 BCE, some 200 years after the collapse of Mycenaean civilization [2]. Of the four villages that made up the Spartan Polis, Forrest suggests that the two closest to the Acropolis were the originals and the two more far flung of later foundation. The dual kingship may originate in the fusion of the first two villages.[3] One of the effects of the of Mycenaean collapse had been a sharp drop in population. Following that however there was a significant recovery and this growth in population is likely to have been more marked in Sparta, situated as it was in the most fertile part of the plain.[4] The Reforms of Lycurgus It is it at this point in the history of Sparta, to be precise the reign of King Charillos[5], that most ancient sources place the life of Lycurgus.

This video was made in September 2008 on our honeymoon on the island of Sifnos in Greece. "The hill of Ayios Andreas is situated in a strategic position, commanding a large part of Siphnos. On the small plateau (10 acres), on its summit, are the remains of an ancient fortified acropolis, while half way up its precipitous and almost inaccessible eastern side, is the modern church of Ayios Andreas. The fortified acropolis of Ayios Andreas was built in the Mycenaean period (13th cent. B.C.) and was inhabited until the first half of the 12th cent. B.C.... " (from posted information at the site)

The song is 'Erotas einai erotas' (It is Love) by Notis Sfakianakis (Νότης Σφακιανάκης). Perseus (Περσέας) is one of the earliest Greek archetypes of masculinity. He was of the royal blood of Argos, and many Greeks claimed him as their ancestor. From Alexander the Great and other Jeraklid Dorians, through Heracles, to the Mycenaean Kings, through Atreus. Perseus has been a constant inspiration for Greeks, Romans and all of Western Civilization. His encounter with Medusa shows how myth is useful in understanding human nature. Instead of showing the literal story, I wanted to focus on the symbolism of the myth, which is rich in allegory.

The Peloponnese covers an area of some 21,549 km² (8,320 square miles). It constitutes the southernmost part of mainland Greece, although technically it is an island since the construction of the Corinth Canal in 1893. It has two land connections with the rest of Greece, a natural one at the Isthmus of Corinth and an artificial one in the shape of the Rio-Antirio bridge (completed 2004). The peninsula has been inhabited since prehistoric times. Its modern name derives from ancient Greek mythology , specifically the legend of the hero Pelops who was said to have conquered the entire region. The name Peloponnesos means "Island of Pelops". During the Middle Ages, the peninsula was known as the Morea. According to folk etymology, this is because the Crusaders found it densely planted with mulberry trees (Greek: moreai) used by the flourishing silk industry. Greece's first major civilizations, the Aegean (or Mycenaean) civilization, dominated the Peloponnese in the Bronze Age from the stronghold at Mycenae in the north-east of the peninsula. During classical antiquity, the Peloponnese was at the heart of the affairs of ancient Greece, possessed some of its most powerful city-states and saw some of its bloodiest battles. It was the site of the cities of Sparta, Corinth, Argos and Megalopolis, and was the homeland of the Peloponnesian League. The peninsula was involved in the Persian Wars and was the scene of the Peloponnesian War of 431 BC-404 BC. It fell to the expanding Roman Republic in 146 BC and became the province of Achaea. The Peloponnese was subsequently ruled by the Byzantine Empire, though many parts were lost to invading Venetians and Franks. The Franks founded the Principality of Achaea in the northern half of the peninsula in 1205, while the Venetians founded a number of ports around the coast such as Monemvasia, Pylos and Koroni which lasted into the 15th century. The Byzantines retained control of the southern part of the peninsula, which they ruled from the fortified hill town of Mystras near Sparta. They staged a revival from the mid-13th century through to the mid-15th century, when the Ottoman Turks overran the Peloponnese between 1458-1460. The Venetians occupied parts of the peninsula between 1699-1718 but Turkish control was otherwise solid and opposed only by sporadic rebellions in the Mani Peninsula, the southernmost part of the Peloponnese. The Peloponnesians played a major role in the Greek War of Independence -- the war actually began in the Peloponnese, when rebels took control of Kalamata on March 23, 1821. The decisive naval Battle of Navarino was fought off Pylos on the west coast of the Peloponnese, and the city of Náfplio on the east coast became the seat of independent Greece's first parliament. During the 19th and 20th century, the region became a relatively poor backwater and a significant part of its population left, heading for the cities, especially Athens, and other countries such as the United States and Australia. It was badly affected by the Second World War and Greek Civil War, experiencing some of the worst atrocities committed in Greece during those conflicts. Living standards have improved dramatically throughout Greece since then, especially after the country's accession to the European Union in 1981.

In the Japanese version of the game the hydra spews green blood when a head is cut off, similar to the movie. However in the American version it is replaced with purple smoke. About that Hydra. In Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra (Greek: Λερναία Ὕδρα) was an ancient nameless serpent-like chthonic water beast that possessed numerous heads— the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint— and poisonous breath (Hyginus, 30). The Hydra of Lerna was killed by Hercules as one of his Twelve Labours. Its lair was the lake of Lerna in the Argolid, though archaeology has borne out the myth that the sacred site was older even than the Mycenaean city of Argos, for Lerna was the site of the myth of the Danaids. Beneath the waters was an entrance to the Underworld, and the Hydra was its guardian (Kerenyi 1959, p. 143). The Hydra was the offspring of Typhon and Echidna (Theogony, 313), noisome offspring of the earth goddess, Gaia. It was said to be the sibling of the Nemean Lion, the Chimaera and Cerberus. The Second Labour of Heracles Upon reaching the swamp near Lake Lerna, where the Hydra dwelt, Heracles covered his mouth and nose with a cloth to protect himself from the poisonous fumes and fired flaming arrows into its lair, the spring of Amymone, to draw it out. He then confronted it, wielding a harvesting sickle in some early vase-paintings; Ruck and Staples (p. 170) have pointed out that the chthonic creature's reaction was botanical: upon cutting off each of its heads he found that two grew back, an expression of the hopelessness of such a struggle for any but the hero, Hercules. The details of the confrontation are explicit in Apollodorus (2.5.2): realising that he could not defeat the Hydra in this way, Hercules called on his nephew Iolaus for help. His nephew then came upon the idea (possibly inspired by Athena) of using a burning firebrand to scorch the neck stumps after decapitation, and handed him the blazing brand. Hercules cut off each head and Iolaus burned the open stump leaving the hydra dead; its one immortal head Hercules placed under a great rock on the sacred way between Lerna and Elaius (Kerenyi1959 p 144), and dipped his arrows in the Hydra's poisonous blood, and so his second task was complete. The alternative to this is that after cutting off one head he dipped his sword in it and used its venom to burn each head so it couldn't grow back. Hercules later used an arrow dipped in the Hydra's poisonous blood to kill the centaur Nessus; and Nessus's tainted blood applied to the Tunic of Nessus. Continuing with Pegasus: In his later life, Pegasus took a mate, Euippe (or Ocyrrhoe), and had two children Celeris and Melanippe. This family is the origin of the winged horses. Celeris is associated with the constellation Equuleus. Pegasus was not immortal. Because of his faithful service Zeus honoured him with a constellation.[2] On the last day of his life, when Zeus transformed him into a constellation, a single feather fell to the earth near the city of Tarsus. In modern terminology, the word "pegasus" (plural "pegasi") has come to refer to any winged horse, though the term "pterippus" (meaning winged horse, plural "pterippi") is also used. Pegasus is also the symbol of the Mobil brand of gas and oil, marketed by the Exxon Mobil Corporation. As such, it has also been a symbol of Dallas, Texas, gracing its skyline atop the Magnolia building, since the 1930s. During WW2, the silhouetted image of Bellerophon the warrior, mounted on the winged Pegasus, was adopted by the United Kingdom's newly-raised parachute troops in 1941 as their upper sleeve insignia. The image clearly symbolized a warrior arriving at a battle by air, the same tactics used by paratroopers. The square upper-sleeve insignia comprised Bellerophon/Pegasus in light blue on a maroon background. The insignia was designed by famous English novelist Daphne Du Maurier, who was married to the commander of the British parachute forces (and later the expanded British Airborne Forces), General Frederick "Boy" Browning. The maroon background on the insignia was later used again by the Airborne Forces when they adopted the famous maroon beret in Summer 1942. The beret was the origin of the German nickname for British airborne troops, The Red Devils. Today's Parachute Regiment carries on the maroon beret tradition. During the airborne phase of the Normandy invasion on the night of 5-6 June 1944, British 6th Airborne Division captured all its key objectives in advance of the seaborne assault, including the capture and holding at all costs of a vital bridge over the Caen Canal, near Ouistreham. In memory of their tenacity, the bridge has been known ever since as Pegasus Bridge.

cycladic, minoan, mycenaean, archaic, classical and hellenistic works of art, from 2800 to 1st century b.C, with emphasis given to sculpture, basically because of the perfection, the magnificent quality and the development, from static forms to more naturalistic ones during the classical and hellenistic periods. original works and roman copies (mostly from the hellenistic works).

The song is 'I told you Mother, give me in marriage' (Σου'πα μάνα παντρέψε με), which is from Tsakonia (Τσακωνιά), an area in Arcadia (Αρκαδία) in the Peloponnese. It is one of the areas where Doric is still spoken. The dance that goes with it is Tsakonikos (Τσακωνικός), of which Dora Stratou says is tied to the Crane Dance of Theseus. I chose this song because I wanted to link it to Hera (Ήρα), the goddess of marriage. Hera was worshipped since Mycenaean times in the Peloponnese to bless the Greek brides. Yes, one of the last pictures is a kalamatiano. I hope everyone enjoys it!

The Trojans against the Mycenaean Greeks. The Trojans won this part of the war. [World History Class Project]

This video shows some pictures of my marvellous holidays in Cyprus! (Greece). I went for one and half months..Loved It! IT WAS LITERALLY BOILING! Stayed in a village near Larnaca called 'Aradippou',where my house is :) I also went to Ayia Napa,and Lefkara! :) I love the beaches! they were the best! the water was sooo clear,it was just lovely! And Cyprus,itself,is just heaven on earth! :P Cyprus is the mythical birthplace of Aphrodite, Adonis and home to King Cinyras, Teucer and Pygmalion.[9] The earliest confirmed site of human activity is Aetokremnos, situated on the south coast, indicating that hunter-gatherers were active on the island from around 10,000 BC, with settled, village communities dating from 8200 BC. Important remains from this early Neolithic period can be found at Shillourokambos, Kastros, and Khirokitia, where decorated pottery and figurines of stone quite distinct from the cultures of the surrounding mainland survive. The Mycenaean Greeks first reached Cyprus around 1600 BC, with settlements dating from this period scattered all over the island. Another wave of Greek settlement is believed to have taken place in the period 1100-1050 BC, with the island's predominantly Greek character dating from this period. Several Phoenician colonies were founded in the 8th century BC, like Kart-Hadasht ('New Town'), near present day Larnaca and Salamis Cyprus was conquered by Assyria in 709 BC, before a brief spell under Egyptian rule and eventually Persian rule in 545 BC. Cypriots, led by Onesilos, joined their fellow-Greeks in the Ionian cities during the unsuccessful Ionian Revolt in 499 BC against the Achaemenid Empire. The island was brought under permanent Greek rule by Alexander the Great and the Ptolemies of Egypt following his death. Full Hellenization took place during the Ptolemaic period, which ended when Cyprus was annexed by Roman Republic in 58 BC. Cyprus was one of the first stops in apostle Paul's missionary journey. In 395 AD it became part of the Byzantine Empire,[10] which lost it temporarily to the Arabs in 643 AD before reclaiming it in 966 AD.

"SCOD FALLOUT" Post-Apocalyptic Film Act 1.2: "The Past" Human History 1.2.2 "Mediterranean part1" Minoan - Minos Mycenaean - Troy Etruscans - Tombs Delphi - Oracle/Treasury/Temples Athens - Acropolis/Parthenon Celts / Hindu / Chinese note: Lao Tzu to be added! From a series of Act 1 scenes: 1.1: Title Beginning Creation 1.2.0: Past Human History 1.2.1: "Fertile Crescent: Africa-Babylon" 1.2.2: "Mediterranean & Others" 1.2.3: "Mediterranean: Greek-Roman" 1.2.4: "Medieval: Feudal Dark Ages" 1.2.5: "Renaissance-Enlightenment" 1.2.6: "Industrial Revolution: America USA" Act 2: Modern Angst Act 3: Post-Apoc Produced & Directed by: Drogo Live footage filmed by: Lars Wigren Stock footage: Pirated by SCOD music mixed by: Empedocles Plot Summary: Everything we know was created out of darkness, and human history is no different: War after War after War; leading to Armageddon & the Apocalypse of civilization. Some have survived with a pipedream called SCOD. Purpose: This film is meant to combine various historic, post-modern, and deconstructivist models of art and philosophy. To make a composite film like this, various film & music is being used by a multitude of artists. Although we value our work and want to list all credits, there are countless artists who published artwork we are using freely as "montage clips" to honor them, as we welcome anyone to work with us. Anyone who does not wish their work to be included, may contact us at anytime and their work will be removed from our public productions. We thank all those who desire to be a part of our projects, and all those who do not. x

Mani peninsula, Peloponnese, Greece. The Mani Peninsula (Μάνη in Greek), also long known as Maina or Maïna, is a region in Greece. Mani is the central peninsula of the three which extend southwards from the Peloponnese in southern Greece. To the east is the Laconian Gulf, to the west the Messenian Gulf. The peninsula forms a continuation of the Taygetos mountain range, the western spine of the Peloponnese. The terrain is mountainous and inaccessible. The name "Mani" is thought to have originally meant "dry" or "treeless." Until recent years many Mani villages could be reached only by sea. Today a narrow and winding road extends down the west coast from Kalamata to Areopoli, then south to Akrotainaro (the pointy cape which is the most southward soil of continental Greece) before it turns north until Gytheio.Neolithic remains have been found in many caves along the Mani coasts. Homer refers to a number of towns in the Mani region, and some artifacts from the Mycenaean period have been found. The area was occupied by the Dorians in about 1200 BC, and became a dependency of Sparta. When Spartan power was destroyed in the 3rd century BC, Mani was self-governing for a time before being absorbed into the Roman Empire in the 2nd century BC. As the power of the Byzantine Empire declined in the 9th century AD, the peninsula drifted out of the Empire's control. The fortress of Maini in the south became the area's centre. Over the subsequent centuries the peninsula was fought over by the Byzantines, the Franks, and the Saracens. After the Fourth Crusade in 1204, Italian and French knights (known to the Greeks as Franks), occupied parts of the Peloponnese. In 1249, Mani was occupied by the Venetians, who made it one of the twelve baronies of the Principality of Morea and built the fortresses of Mystras, Passavas, Gustema (Beaufort) and Megali Maini. In 1460, after the fall of Constantinople, Mystras fell to the Ottomans, but Mani was not subdued and retained its internal self-government in exchange for an annual tribute. Local chieftains or beys governed Mani on behalf of the Ottomans. As Ottoman power declined, the mountains of the Mani became a stronghold of the klephts, bandits who also fought against the Ottomans. There is evidence of a sizeable Maniot emigration to Corsica sometime during the Ottoman years Gytheio, Areopoli, Kardamyli and Stoupa are filled with tourists during the summer months but the region quiets down during the winter months. Many inhabitants are still working as olive farmers, and thus many of the winter months are devoted to the olive harvest. Some of the villages in the mountains are less touristic and often have very few inhabitants. Mani is considered to be one of the most traditionalist and conservative regions of Greece, and is a stronghold of the right-wing New Democracy party. There were fires in Mani in the summer of 2007.

ALT DVD Magazine Interviews Carl Hancock Rux

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ALT DVD Magazine interviews Carl Hancock Rux

***IF YOU CLICK ON VIEW ALL COMMENTS, YOU WILL SEE THE ANSWERS FOR THE ALBANIANS WHO CLAIM THAT GREEKS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH EPIRUS. DON'T REPLY DIRECTLY TO THEM, BUT START NEW POSTS.***** I have been thinking of this project for some time now, and although similar in vein to the 'discussion/confession' videos I have made, it differs in its aggressiveness. Indeed, the concern was the loss of the Hellenic spirit that I see as all too common on youtube these days. The Greeks brought with them their culture and influenced the natives in language, art, dress, and because Hellenism is itself a doctrine of hybridism, took from competitors such as the Phoenicians. Purism, with its tribal undertones is a threat to Hellenism, so it is indeed a surprise to find Greeks espousing purism of any kind, dogmatic or racial (which feeds into the outraged persona of this video). The Greeks had been colonizers of the Ancient world, establishing colonies across the Mediterranean from Emporion, Agatha and Massalia (Marseilles, France) west, to Sinope, Trapezus and Phasis in the east. These 'over-seas' colonies were differentiated by the colonies on the continent (Epirus in Greek, Ήπειρος'). Epirus was on Illyrian territory and was colonized by Greeks as early as the Mycenaean times. The notes on this video are a response to Albanian Nationalists who claim that Greeks were never in Epirus, and as such, would like to claim the only civilized part of Illyria as part of their Albanian heritage. The video shows numerous pictures of Greek monuments built throughout the ages, from antiquity (the Shrine of Dodona) to the Byzantine bridges and churches. The words are all in iambic tetrameter (except where I choose to break the rhythm to show doubt)and the structure is using the ballad form. The song is Stis pikrodafnis ton antho, a famous Epirote tune that is danced with Sirtos sta duo, one of the most romantic and noble dances. The song is like a ballad, describing the betrayal of love, its pain, and the wounds it carries on the heart. The singer is Areti Ketime, young and very talented. The paintings are from Jean-Léon Gérôme, eugene Delacroix, and Simon Vouet. This video will probably not be liked, but please rate it and comment on it, even if it's negative.