Tom Holland to visit AW
Mr. Tom Holland, author of Rubicon and most recently,
Persian Fire, will be our guest here at Ancient Worlds from November 20th to November 27th. The first half of the week will be devoted to
Rubicon and Roman history and the second half of the week will be devoted to Persian Fire and Greek/Persian history. The week will end with a live chat on Sunday, November 27th (time to be announced). If you have an interest in either or both of these eras/regions of history, we hope you will join us!
Hellas's New Scribe!
Please help us welcome
Bacchus Isocrates to the post of Scribe of Hellas! Bacchus has been a very active member of Hellas for quite a while, and is the leader for many groups in AW. We figured we'd put his leadership skills to use on a World scale as well. Drop him a gram to say "Hi!" if you see him online, or leave him a note at his house.
GoldFest 2005
Greek Island Tour
The Goldfest '05
Greek Island Tour is now a permanent addition to our Greek Islands hood. Many thanks to Kallistos Alexandros , Anna Hippon, Iak Ariston, Lorelei Aristophanes, Bacchus Isocrates and Rhadamantys Glaucon for their research and graphic work, and special thanks to Laurels Curius for her help and for letting us use her web space.
The Wizard of AWs
Thanks go out to Alerissa Nestor and Kallistos Alexandros for researching and helping put together the
Wizard of AWs. (The featured article, "The Binding Curse", was
written for the tour. Check it out!)
Costume Contest
Sponsored by Avatar
Alley, the
Hellas Costume Contest was a smashing success.
A total of 24 contestants entered and three winners were voted on by
the populous of AW. The first place winner was Louisa Agis, second place winner was Bree
Burgundian, and the third place winner was Branwen Cenel Conaill. A complete list of the results can be seen
here.
Quizes
We never seem to get enough quizes here in Hellas, and GoldFest added to our growing list! You can find the hard work of Kallistos Alexandros and Helen Theocritos at
Quiz Central.
Archeological News
Ithaca Found
Careful decoding of clues in Homer's
Odyssey has led researchers to name the Greek Island of Kefalonia as the home of his hero Odysseus. You can
read more about it in the following articles:
Acropolis Museum Update
The Acropolis Museum, which was orginally slated to have opened in time for the last year's Athens Olympics, is scheduled to open by the end of 2007.
Read more about it
here, and take a virtual tour of the existing museum
here!
Holiday E-Cards
Hellas is proud to bring you a way to send friends and loved ones notes of Holiday cheer this December. We're calling it Eortastikh Karta which means "Holiday Card" in Greek. While it is still in the planning stages, we'd love to get graphics for these cards from anyone willing to spend time creating them! If this describes you, talk to Alerissa.
Graphics should be no wider than 380px and no bigger than 100K. These need to be formatted as .gif, .jpg &/or .png files. Stay tuned to the Hellas' Holiday E-card Center thread for more details!
If you have any articles you wish to submit or a group event you would like to see in a future edition of the Hellenic World News please contact me, Anna Hippon. I love to highlight everything that's happening around Hellas & AW, but I need help scouting them out.
Helpful sites for Hellenic members & newcomers
"A Beginner's Guide to Ancient Worlds"
Hellas Welcome Board
Hall of Personas
Ancient Worlds Code of Conduct
Arachne FAQ
