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The Ancient Greek Religion (10 posts)

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Festivals_Holidays_Pagentry_Sacrifice_Ritual
The Messenger (* Panos Pausanios, Oct 15, 2008 - 15:33 )
Thambos_reverential terror-awe (* Artemis Pericles, Jul 18, 2007 - 16:24 )
The cult of the dead (* Pandora Plato, Jul 18, 2007 - 15:31 )

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Music & Dance (5 posts)

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All periods of Ancient Greece to Modern times have been passionately attached to music and dancing.
Orphic Hymn to the Fates (* Ariadne Philemon, Oct 8, 2008 - 18:52 )
Ancient & Modern Dance (* Reylari Socrates, May 23, 2007 - 10:34 )
Ancient Greek Dance (* Helen Ariston, Feb 1, 2005 - 15:41 )

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The Greek Experience (13 posts)

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"The first named artists in history produced their works of genius under conditions that, we have been told many times, can only stifle art." _____M. I. Finley
A La Greque (* Kallistos Alexandros, Jan 18, 2006 - 16:30 )
The Beauty Of Hellas (* Kallistos Alexandros, Oct 1, 2004 - 18:19 )
HELLENIKE PAIDEIA (* Kallistos Alexandros, Sep 25, 2004 - 08:44 )

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Hellenic Garden Lore (25 posts)

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Hellenic Botony
Trees: Living Links_ (* Reylari Socrates, Oct 7, 2007 - 11:40 )
Ancient Greek Gardens (* Alibaba Aelius, Sep 26, 2007 - 19:12 )
Flowers in Greek Mythology (* Gaia Agis, Jun 25, 2007 - 17:03 )

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Greek Poetry (4 posts)

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"It was possible in thatAge, as only in few others,to be both intelligent and happy just through intelligence."
HOMER~1st European poet (* Reylari Socrates, Aug 31, 2007 - 17:17 )
Greek Poetry (* Reylari Socrates, May 23, 2007 - 09:22 )

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The Grecian Urn Display Case (18 posts)

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This is an area to display and study the art of Grecian vase painting and pottery.
Great stash for the Great stoa! (* Helen Ariston, Aug 24, 2007 - 16:13 )
Indeed, Alerissa (* Kallistos Alexandros, Jan 25, 2005 - 23:01 )
Very cool vase Alirissa... (* Reylari Socrates, Jan 25, 2005 - 22:22 )

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The Theatre of Dionysis (23 posts)

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One could not go to see a play in Athens or listen to music when one wished, but only when there was an appropriate public or community occasion, which was rare.
Aristophanes (* Herkules Hippon, Jul 16, 2007 - 08:49 )
The Illiad (* Helen Ariston, Mar 27, 2005 - 15:42 )
The Ancient Greek Theater (* Artemis Pericles, Mar 8, 2005 - 18:50 )

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THE_ GARDEN_GALLERIA (31 posts)

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A collection of Ancient Greek sculptures and artworks of all periods... Images are better read with microsoft explorer...
Praxiteles at the Louvre... (* Helen Ariston, May 29, 2007 - 22:10 )
In the month of Munychion_ (* Helen Ariston, Apr 8, 2007 - 20:58 )
In the month of Elaphebolion... (* Reylari Socrates, Mar 25, 2007 - 10:11 )

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The Architecture Of Athens (2 posts)

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One of the greatest contributions to the world which has come from Athenian, Hellas, building and the aesthetics of architecture.
The Temple of Zeus Olympion (* Reylari Socrates, May 24, 2007 - 14:04 )
The Olympeion (* Kallistos Alexandros, Feb 6, 2006 - 22:37 )

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Classical Art and Culture_ (24 posts)

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The influence of Classical Art and Culture greatly influenced the Romans. The Romans adapted the Hellenistic world and spead it as part of their own.
Silenos' Post (* Kallistos Alexandros, May 1, 2005 - 11:16 )
The School of Athens (* Helen Ariston, May 1, 2005 - 10:49 )
The Armchair Tourist... (* Reylari Socrates, Nov 15, 2004 - 11:46 )

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