Origins of Greek Theater Dionysus, the god of wine and pleasure… No, he wasn’t all-powerful like Zeus, he didn’t have the trident of Poseidon, nor did he enjoyed the absolute respect of gods and men, like Athena and Hera. He belonged to the minor gods, perhaps he was the most carefree among them. He was
The story is more or less familiar to everyone. The king of Ithaca, Odysseus, like all the other kings of the Greek cities, was called to participate in the campaign of the Greeks to restore the prestige of the king of Sparta, Menelaus. The legend of the betrothal of the queen of Sparta, the famous
hospitality = philoxenia (philo=love and xenos=stranger) Nowadays, when a stranger knocks on a Greek door, in many places of Greece he is treated as in ancient times, as if he were Zeus himself honoring your house, the King of the gods, the patron of travelers, Xenios Zeus. In ancient Greece, people were often forced to