The Greek soldiers of the Myrian corps, having escaped, as they thought, from the enemy pursuit, after the massacre of their officers, looked forward to the future with optimism. They had camped in a place where there was an abundance of food. Besides, they deserved a little rest, as they had spent
Whenever popular phrases from the history of cinema come up, there is someone who says:“I cant find my legs ”. Actually, in the movie Cornered , John Rambo said:“…and I cant find his legs. I cant find the legs. I cant get it out of my head. And so seven long years, day after day… ”. It is possibly o
Lesser known aspects of the revolution in Macedonia that did not thrive but contributed in various directions to the struggle of Hellenism are presented by Iakovos Michaelidis, professor of Modern and Modern History at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), on the occasion of the completio
New DNA evidence indicates that modern Greeks are indeed descendants of the Mycenaeans who ruled the mainland and the Aegean from 1,600 to 1,200 BC. The evidence comes from a scientific study in which genes were analyzed from the teeth of 19 people from various archaeological sites in Mycenae and th