Aerial cinematic video shot with DJI Phantom 3 by Nestoras Kechagias and Athanasia Lykoudi. Places shot include Elafonnisos, Kardamyli, Limeni, Monemvasia, Dimitrios Shipwreck, Voidokoilia and Methoni.

Each time we turn on our computers, we are bombarded with quotes, with images, with “inspirational cards” (Facebook is full of them!).  We have “Life coaches” telling us to be” Mindful” to have a “Mindset”.  “Mindfulness” It seems to be the “New religion”  Authors are at it, Gurus are at it, it seems like every Tom, Dick and Harry is at it!  Sorry to tell you this folks, but it’s all been said and done before, thousands of years before, by the Greeks, specifically,  the Greek philosophers.  Philosophy: The love of wisdom  So search no further, just read what those wily, wise men of Athens had to say.  They knew what was what!   1. Demosthenes “Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.” What we hear today as: “Small steps”, or, ‘start small and grow”. 2. Aristotle “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” All those inspirational cards we see, telling us that:  “Only you have the ability to make yourself happy, don’t depend on others” “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honour.” Could be interpreted today as:  “Step outside your comfort zone” 3. Plutarch “To make no mistakes […]

On Saturday 20 June 2020 the Acropolis Museum celebrates 11 years of operation and welcomes back its visitors. The Museum has undertaken all the necessary measures for the protection of the health of its visitors. On this day, the Museum will be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., with reduced entry (5 euro) to all exhibition areas. Additionally, visitors will have the opportunity to see the temporary exhibition ‘Chisel and Memory. The contribution of marble craftsmanship to the restoration of the Acropolis monuments’, which will continue until 30 September 2020, with free entrance. On Saturday 20 June, the Museum second floor restaurant will operate until 12 midnight (reservations for dinner can be arranged by telephone on 210 9000915). Moreover, gallery talks held by the Museum’s Archaeologist-Hosts will commence this week. Visitors wishing to participate are required to wear a protective mask (not provided by the Museum) and to use the whisper guide system headsets (provided by the Museum to participants). ‘The lost statue of Athena Parthenos’ The Acropolis Museum brings to life, digitally, the statue of Athena Parthenos. Made of gold and ivory, this masterpiece was designed by Phidias for the Parthenon. The Museum invites you on a walk […]

This device seems to have been used to cut through hard sedimentary rock at a number of sites on the Greek mainland and, according to some scholars, also in central Anatolia.