The simple but amazing life of the Greek people.

People in the Peloponnese region used to breed animals for food and raw materials. They would breed animals like sheep, goats, horses, chickens, e.t.c. They would use the materials taken from the animals such as wool, horns, leather, fat, bones and hair to create tools, clothes, weapons, instruments e.t.c. Other raw materials were the meat and the milk.

The Greek world was more colorful than we can imagine. People would search and find natural ingredients such as flowers, plants, shells and even insects and after a little process, they would extract dyes from all the above which would be used to dye their fabrics and even paint their armors and shields. Scientists used ultraviolet light on marble statues which revealed that they had color. 
 

Greek people were also farmers. Even though farming with simple tools was difficult, their strength and their persistence made it possible. A visitor would find cereal crops such as wheat and barley, trees such as olive trees, apple trees, pomegranate trees and vegetables such as onions, cabbage and garlic. Greek people would also cultivate grapes which would use to make wine, one of the most important products of their daily life.

Life was challenging but people managed to cope with it.
All these couldn't happen without the determination and patience of the Greek people.

The Revival of the Ancient Greek Nemean Games.

From the 10th to the 12th of June people will have the chance to attend the Sixth Nemead which aims to revive the ancient Olympic Spirit and show the visitors what it was like to be an ancient Greek athlete. 

 




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Europe's Number 1 Destination for 2016 : Peloponnese

The Peloponnese, Greece

Travellers to Greece tend to flock to the myriad islands or marvel at the iconic Acropolis, but one of the country’s most diverse, vibrant regions is often forgotten: the Peloponnese. It remains an affordable enclave of magnificent ancient sights like Olympia, Mycenae and Mystras, which are scattered across a rich landscape of stone villages, teal seas and snow-capped mountains.

2016 brings the chance to hike the Peloponnese’s new Menalon trail or take a tipple in the Nemean wine region, with its vintages gaining prominence around the globe. You can dive shipwrecks off the Navarino coast or visit the wild and remote Mani, home to ancient stone towers converted into boutique luxury lodgings. Beautiful Nafplio blends contemporary art with atmospheric architecture and classic town squares, ideal for a long, lazy lunch.

Now more than ever the Peloponnese is the perfect destination for absorbing traditional Greek life, compelling history and inspiring landscapes.

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Pandora's Box

According to Greek mythology Pandora's Box contained all evils known to humanity such as illness, mortality, hate, war and death. The curiosity of a woman called Pandora who opened the box left all hardships for humanity free, leaving only Hope inside the Box. But who was Pandora?!

Pandora (all-gifted) was the first human woman on earth. Pandora was Hephaestus's creation. He made her from earth and water.
All Gods bestowed upon her the gifts of speech, beauty, grace, charm, music, persuasion, curiosity e.t.c.

Zeus had ordered Hephaestus to create Pandora as a gift to the Titan Epimetheus who was the brother of the Titan Prometheus. But Zeus had planned a punishment for humans who had received the stolen gift of fire from Prometheus. Zeus used the tragic figure of Pandora as a tool to achieve his plan. 

Zeus had chained Prometheus to a rock as a punishment for his actions, but this was not enough for the God of thunder. He knew that Epimetheus felt lonely now that his brother was away so he gave him Pandora. As a gift for their wedding, Zeus gave them a box and its key but with one condition that they should never open it. Zeus was the one that had given Pandora the gift of curiosity and knew that she couldn't easily resist opening the box and so she did...  
 

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