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The two coins minted in 1990 celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Italian invasion in Greece in World War II. The 28th of October is celebrated every year as a national holiday in Greece. 1,000 drachmas, silver, soldiers with horse, 28 October 1940; 20,000 drachmas, gold, soldiers with horse, 28 October 1940
The Rise of Women in Ancient Greece by Michael Scott, published in History Today Volume: 59 Issue: 11 2009; What Greece is Really Like (for Women) A Personal Viewpoint by Stephanie Kordas; The Way Greeks Live Now, The New York Times; Uporedna pravna tradicija by Sima Avramović and Vojislav Stanimirović
The word dragon derives from the Greek δράκων (drakōn) and its Latin cognate draco.Ancient Greeks applied the term to large, constricting snakes. [2] The Greek drakōn was far more associated with poisonous spit or breath than the modern Western dragon, though fiery breath is still attested in a few myths.
Tsarouciia provide a clear link with the origin of the Evzone uniform in the traditional Greek costume, and with the fact that Evzones were largely enlisted from rural mountainous regions of Greece. Nowadays they are almost exclusively used by the presidential guard and in various traditional festivals and dances along with other traditional ...
The drakaina was a sacred female spirit dragon generally slain only by gods or demigods. Zeus slew Delphyne and Campe, Apollo slew Python, and Argus Panoptes slew Echidna. [citation needed] Echidna was the mate of Typhon and the mother of a huge brood of monsters, including
A 73-year-old French woman missing on the Greek island of Sikinos since Friday sent a distress message to her hotel before disappearing, the owner said on Tuesday. A search is under way for the ...
Brass-metal buttons were used for the majority of uniforms. The trousers were straight with side-seam pipings in branch colours, designed to cover the ankle lace-boots. However, on campaign the majority of soldiers found this to be a cumbersome arrangement and used cloth puttees or stuffed the trouser bottoms into their boots to hold them tight.
The Thracians wore a tunic, a cloak called zeira (Ancient Greek: ζείρα), a cap called alopekis (Ancient Greek: αλωπεκίς) made from the scalp of a fox with the ears visible, [1] other Phrygian cap styles, and fawnskin boots called embades (Ancient Greek: εμβάδες). Thracian clothing was sometimes decorated with intricate patterns.