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The grounds around the Acropolis appear to have been there since the 5th c BCE, but were designed in the 1950s by artist and architect, Dimitris Pikionis. Anyone who has strolled these shaded walkways knows he deserves greater notoriety than history has afforded him. #acropolis

Lamplight, wine and good conversation sealed in the margins of the day so that one slept at night with a sense of repletion, of plenitude, as if one were never more to wake. — Lawrence Durrell Bellapaix, Cyprus

🌿🌸— Γ. Σαραντάρης, ❝Φιλίες❞ ____ #lex_poetry

No writer of our time seems to me to bring so much meaning out of the naked word. — Freya Stark, appreciating Lawrence Durrell's Island Books

Sharing:How to Travel: An Ancient Guide for the Modern Tourist Herodotus Edited and translated by M. D. Usher A transporting anthology of ancient Greek and Roman travel writings…press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

1/ 🌿🌸 « Μάθε παιδί μου γράμματα...» ~ ΤΑ ΠΤΩΧΟΠΡΟΔΡΟΜΙΚΑ είναι τα πιο ενδιαφέροντα και αξιόλογα δημώδη κείμενα του 12ου αι. Από τις πρώτες φορές που η δημώδης γλώσσα βγάζει συναίσθημα, και μάλιστα σαρκαστικό.

See now Oblivion shimmering all around us, its very tranquility deadlier than tempest. How little all our keels have troubled it. Our ships were all unseaworthy from the first. There goes the raft that Homer made for Helen. — Lord Dunsany #homer #seaworthy

The shrine itself is hardly bigger than a large telephone booth, but the lamps are always in repair and the floor always dusted. How this is done is rather a puzzle. Yet it has always been so. . . . — Lawrence Durrell Shrine of St. Arsenius, Corfu

Somewhere in #Serifos, the island doesn’t show itself all at once, it reveals itself slowly, through narrow paths, quiet corners, and doors left slightly open. 🇬🇷 📷 georgepapanas

Paradise in Zakynthos Greece 🇬🇷

Golden hour melts into the Aegean. A quiet rooftop in #Sifnos, where light, sea, and earth meet in perfect balance. 🇬🇷 📷 zoekonti

Venus de Milo Louvre Museum

The Cities We Lost Cities such as Alexandria, Smyrna (Izmir), Beirut, Selanik (Thessaloniki) and Constantinople (Istanbul) shrivelled. Today there is no boat service from Alexandria to Beirut or Istanbul, let alone from Izmir to Thessaloniki aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/…

Καλή Πρωτομαγιά! Happy 1st of May, & International Labor Day. #OTD Greek families wander to quiet villages for picnics; fly kites, and along the way, gather wildflowers to make “stefania” crowns to carry a piece of spring home. These crowns become wreaths on doorways. #greece

Sometimes at evening I might come upon her sitting absently alone on the little painted wooden terrace of the Café Baudrot, gazing into space. Her sketching blocks lay before her, unopened. On her lips, the tiny moustache of cream from her café viennois. — Lawrence Durrell

Today is the day, Boston Marathoners! May this 130th race, 20 April 2026, be your own personal best. Learn about the marathon’s ancient origins at athensmarathon.com/history/ #bostonmarathon2026 #boston130 @bostonmarathon

Welcome, Boston Marathoners! May this 130th race, 20 April 2026, exceed your expectations. Learn about the marathon’s ancient origins at athensmarathon.com/history/ #bostonmarathon2026

🌞🌾 «Καλημέρα» με μια λέξη ~ ❧ Kάθε πρωί στις 🕕 μια αλλιώτικη καλημέρα, με μια λέξη κι ένα μικρό ποίημα να φωτίζουν τη μέρα... ~~~~ #kalimera_me_mia_lexi

Καλό Πάσχα! Σελίδες από σπάνια βιβλία της Γενναδείου ξεπηδούν στους κήπους της με αφορμή την επετειακή έκθεση "Γεννάδειος Βιβλιοθήκη 100. Ένας αιώνας έμπνευσης”.Κόκκορες και άλλα μικρά ζώα από την Εικονολογία παιδική, μια εγκυκλοπαίδεια για παιδιά που τυπώθηκε στη Βιέννη το 1810

Resurrection (1597-1600) by Domenicos Theotokopoulos, most widely known as #ElGreco #Theotokopoulos was a Greek painter, sculptor & architect of the Spanish Renaissance 🎨On view #MuseodelPrado

Χριστός Ανέστη! Happy Easter