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A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

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An Aegean Odyssey with author Kathryn Gauci
An Aegean Odyssey with author Kathryn Gauci

Kathryn Gauci’s quest to find traditional Greece drew her to the Dodecanese Islands in 2005. Her memoir, An Aegean Odyssey, intertwines history, cuisine, traditions, and breathtaking landscapes with stories of the people she meets along the way as she explores the road less traveled.

Kathryn Gauci

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Kathryn Gauci's books

Colours of Aegean Dreams: A Greek Odyssey

Travellers' Greece : Memories of an Enchanted Land complied by John B. Tomkinson. Published by ANAGNOSIS.

1970s, Anatolia, Ancient Greece, ancient ruins, architecture, Athens, Colonels' Coup, culture, Faith, Greece in WW2, Greco-Turkish War, Greek, Greek genocide, Greek heroes, Greek Independence, Greek recipes, heroes, history, Karagiózis, mythology, Orthodoxy, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Occupation, RefugeesPamela Diotes Wood#kathryngauci, #anaegeanodyssey, #dodecanese, #history, #greekhistory, #ancienthistory, #travel, #greekgenocide, #greekfood, #greektraditon, #thecolonelscoup, #philotimoComment
Annunciation/Independence Day
Annunciation/Independence Day

Why Greeks bound the fight for independence to the Feast Day of the Annunciation. And how the sacrifice and faith of the Virgin Mary resounded with the Greek fight for liberty.

Bouboulina, culture, Faith, Greek, Greek heroes, Greek Independence, Greek Revolution, heroes, history, Icons, Long live Greece, Nafplio, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Lent, Orthodoxy, Rebels, Annunciation, Paleion Patron Germanos, March 25Pamela Diotes Wood#march25, #annunciation, #annunciationofthetheotokos, #greekindependence, #greekrevolution, #ottomanoccupation, #metropolitangermanos, #greekorthodoxchurch, #greekhistory, #liberty, #freedomComment
Bouboulina Rebels Pt. 2
Bouboulina Rebels Pt. 2

Rescues, betrayal, and assassination: a civil war in the middle of the Greek Revolution resulted in Greeks killing Greeks, nearly derailing the fight for Independence. Bouboulina’s heroic feats couldn’t save her.

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Bouboulina, Greek, Greek Civil War, Greek heroes, Greek Independence, Greek politics, Greek Revolution, Greek women, heroes, history, Long live Greece, massacre, Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Occupation, Women Warriors, Kolokotronis, Assassination, Philhellenes, Nafplio, Tripolitsa, Greek fleet, Rebels, SpetsesPamela Diotes Wood#bouboulina, #womenwarriors, #kolokotronis, #koundouriotis, #greekrevolution, #greekindependence, #nafplio, #tripolitsa, #ottomanoccupation, #ottomanempire, #assassination, #philhellenes, #greekpolitics, #kalogerpouloushouseholder, #filikietaireia, #spetses, #hydra, #patriarchy, #greekhistory, #greekseafarers, #ethnic, #greeklikeme, #podcast, #ellines, #ελλινεςComment
Bouboulina Rebels Part 1
Bouboulina Rebels Part 1

Bouboulina rebels: Patriarchy, secret plots and the Ottoman Empire. A preamble to the Greek Revolution

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Bouboulina, Women Warriors, culture, ethnic, Greek, Greek heroes, Greek Independence, Greek Revolution, Greek pirates, Greek women, heroes, history, imperialism, Long live Greece, Orthodoxy, Ottoman Empire, Political Protest, Ottoman Occupation, The Orlov RevoltPamela Diotes Wood#bouboulina, #greekjoand'arc, #thegreekheroine, #kapetanissa, #greekrevolution, #ottomanempire, #ottomanoccupation, #sultanavalide, #spetses, #orlovrevolt, #greekhistory, #greekculture, #history, #greeklikeme, #ethnic, #podcastComment
Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum??
Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum??

We’re going to follow the Parthenon Marbles, damaged and orphaned, to their new place of residence, in England. Discover how a powerful government claiming it was based on justice, abetted one of the biggest heists of all time. Give them back!!

Parthenon Battle/National Geographic

How the Parthenon Marbles Ended Up in the British Museum

Acropolis, ancient ruins, architecture, Athena, Athens, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek gods, Greek Independence, history, Looting, Lord Elgin, Ottoman Empire, Parthenon, The British Museum, imperialism, Lord Byron, The Curse of MInerva, Stolen artifactsPamela Diotes Wood#theparthenon, #parthenonmarbles, #thebritishmuseum, #greekarchitecture, #classicalgreece, #athens, #athena, #phidias, #christopherhitchens, #theodorevrettos, #lordbyron, #parliamentselectcommittee, #imperialism, #ottomanoccupation, #ottomanempire, #britishempire, #lordelgin, #stolenartifacts, #ancientworlds, #greece, #greekcultureComment