| "SOME FUN & INTERESTING TIDBITS" |
| WE ALL HAVE HEARD OF THE STORY OF JASON AND THE ARGONOAUTS. A WONDERFUL MYTH...OR WAS IT? DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE REALLY WAS GOLDEN FLEECE? YEP!...THERE WAS! PEOPLE WAY NORTH OF GREECE USED TO USE GOAT/SHEEP HIDES, TO FILTER WATER AND CATCH THE GOLD DUST. HENCE WE HAVE THE MYTH OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE! |
| "JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS"MOVIE. |
| THE ARGO |
| THE ROUTE THAT JASON SUPPOSEDLY TOOK! |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT THE WORD "ALPHABET" COMES FROM THE GREEK LETTERS ALPHA & BETA? |
| ORIGINAL GREEK CANTEEN - GEE, DOESN'T THAT LOOK A LOT LIKE A MODERN CANTEEN? |
| the Dorians which Spartans descended from, is related to Macedonians! "George from Sparta" |
| DID YOU KNOW IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY? Arachne Challenged Athena, but Athena destroyed her work, so poor Arachne hung herself. ATHENA saved her but turned her into a spider. So hence the name in English, ARACHNOPHOBIA! (fear of spiders) |
| "PANIC" Pan is/was the god of the woods and fields who, as the story goes, was the source of strange and mysterious sounds that caused fear in herds and sometimes people. The word Panic comed from the Greek word Panikos. |
| Did you know the Ancient patterns? "George from Sparta" |
XERXES, when he fled from Greece, left all his costly dinner-service of plate. Pausanias, aware of this, ordered the cooks, after the death of Mardonius at Plataea, to prepare a dinner precisely as they would have done for Mardonius. When this was ready, and the divans and gold and silver tables had been duly set out, the commander told his own servants to prepare a Spartan dinner. Laughing heartily at the contrast, he called his generals and said, "Gentlemen, I wished to point out to you the folly of this Persian general, who with all this grandeur came to rob you of your miserable meal |
| The Sun of Vergina is a symbol that was widely used by Ancient Greeks. Although it is a Panhellenic Symbol, it became famous because of the Macedonians, who were using it as Symbol of the Argead Dynasty-the Royal house of Macedon: The 16 rays symbolize the 12 Gods of Olympus and the 4 elements of nature. MACEDONIA home of the Olympic Gods –In the typical 16-pointed Sun, the 4 rays represent the 4 elements: Earth - Ocean - Fire - Air. The other 12 rays represent the 12 Gods of Olympus. You can see the explanation in the following animation |
| MODERN GREEKS RELIVE LEGEND OF JASON |
| Did You Know... That the usage of the "X" in Xmas is as old as Christianity itself? It's origins lie in the fact that the first letter in the Greek word for Christ, is "Chi" and the letter "Chi" is represented by a symbol similar to the letter 'X' in the modern Roman alphabet. Therefore "Xmas" is indeed perfectly legitimate abbreviation for the word "Christmas" source is The Dictionary of Misinformation, by Tom Burnam (Thanks to Chris W.) |
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