Category Archives: Statues & The People

Sappho (also called “Sappho the Lesbian” from her place of origin) (~ 630 BC – 570 BC), was the most important lyric poet of antiquity, originating from Lesvos, especially known to this day for her poetic work. her name in modern times has been associated with lesbian love. A lyrical reminder In times when the […]

All three are ancient Greek tragic poets and the only ones whose completed works have survived. If these three did not exist: -we would not learn much information about the culture of ancient Greece. -we would not have had the definition of tragedy by Aristotle in his work “Poetics”: “Tragedy then is the imitation of […]

A complex; King Theseus tries to save Hippodameia – wife of the king of the Lapiths Peirithos – from the drunken Centaur Evrytion. The fourth figure of the complex is a follower of Hippodameia who has fallen to the ground, helpless. A melee combat has been going on for 85 years in Victoria Square It […]

[Greek: mikros theristis] In Greek “theristis” means he who harvests. We usually call theristi the month of June, because it is the month when we harvest the fields with the crops. Also, “theros” in Greek means summer. A sculpture shouting “it’s summer” A little naked boy. A little naked boy with his hat. A little […]

According to Greek mythology, Stafylos was the son of the god Dionysus and Ariadne. In another legend, Staphylos was a shepherd of the king of Aetolia, Oeneas. As he was grazing his goats, he noticed that one of them, eating a certain fruit constantly, became fatter than the others. He then gathered several and offered […]

Although Gordon’s activity in the Greek Revolution was short, he was the first English philhellene to join the Greek forces. He chartered and equipped at his own expense a ship in Marseilles, with which he transported fighters to Greece. A disappointed lieutenant general According to the rules of international sculptural language, when a sculpture depicts […]

A little boy – in physical dimensions – tries to pull the hook from the fish he has just caught, sitting on a rock. In front of it there is an artificial pond. The surroundings look natural. Fun facts: a) on the rock where he sits is the repousse of a crab b) the back […]

Kostis Palamas was a poet, novelist, playwright, historian and literary critic. He is considered one of the most important Greek poets with a significant contribution to the development and renewal of modern Greek poetry, but also of the Greek language in general. A point of silence in the bustling city. The poet in a meditative […]

Toxothrafstis: Compound word meaning “bow” and “break”. The one who breaks his own bow. The god Eros has been depicted countless times in art in many different forms. There are different versions of his birth: son of Aphrodite and Mars or son of Aphrodite and Uranus or without parents as a result of Chaos and […]