The Olympian Gods | Discovering Greek History #1

The History of the olympian Gods

The twelve gods of Olympus are the main gods of Greek mythology who lived on top of Mount Olympus. The Olympian gods gain power by defeating the Titans Clash of the Titans. In fact, the ancient Greeks did not have any particular Twelve, but there were major and minor gods and others who worshiped locally eg Zeus, Poseidon and Hades were the biggest gods and the god Dionysus was younger. The Twelve is a concept formed by western scholars in 16th-17th century and has performed with various configurations among the 14 gods.

The Gods are:

Zeus		The father of the gods and the greatest of them. God of weather, protector of strangers, family and fertility. Worshiped as a wise god who determined the fates of people and governed the moral order of the world.
Hera		Sister and wife of Zeus. He was the protector of marriage and marital fidelity.
Poseidon		.God of the sea, rivers, sources of drinking water and general fluid element
Demeter		Goddess of the earth, agriculture, flora, food, marriage and patron of farmers.
Dionysos		God of wine and carnal pleasures.
Venus		Goddess of love and beauty.
Apollo		God of divination art, music and dance, morals and logic. He was still healing god.
Ares		God of battle and war
Artemis		Goddess of wilderness, hunting, animals and fertility
Athena		Goddess of wisdom, arts and prudent warfare
Hephaestus		God of fire, volcanoes, metallurgy and patron of craftsmen. Was still the manufacturer of weapons of the gods
Hermes		He was the messenger of the gods, and psychopomp preacher, protector of commerce, travelers and the thieves.

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Fireplaces in Greece cause death

"Fireplaces in Greece cause this bad situation of air polution"

Cloud type like ... London plaguing the cities of Greece and the wider areas as well, since the storms began in early December, therefore the use of household heating equipment due to the fact that the government raises taxes on oil, there were five episodes of air pollution, two large and three smaller ones.

This type of air pollution was recorded for the first time in London and is named after the British city, recognized by indicators such as high concentrations of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide during the winter in conjunction with climatic conditions of humidity, temperature and apnea inversion (warm air masses concentration in height from 200 to 300 meters to prevent the escape of pollutants at higher levels of the atmosphere).

Unlike the Los Angeles type smog, photochemical or otherwise, which was observed in the American city in the '50s, found in cities with high levels of exhaust emissions from cars and manifests the presence of solar radiation, especially during the summer months.

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Weather Today in Greece

Rainy weather today in Greece. In the entire country we will have strong rains and the temperature will drop. So get ready because heavy winter is coming with snow falls.

January

Starts with the same winter weather and many changes are expected in the coming days, with frequent showers and thunderstorms, but with intervals improvement.

More pronounced effects would have from 5th up to 9th January, with gusty winds. (There is no chance for snow this time you override the current northern region, otherwise heavy rain at times).

Improvement in the weather and then by 13th January of something does not seem worthwhile. For the period corresponding to the dates 14/1-21/1/2013 not been observed.

From 23rd of this month, will experience a significant deterioration in the weather in the region, with large temperature drop and subsequent storms. The culmination of the events will have the time of 27-31/1 in the snow to arrive in coastal lowland areas, with even length and intensity.

February

Starts with recession phenomena. Likelihood of recurrence and the weather again, with local snowfall of 4th to 6th February. Better then to 11th and the month does not seem something of value.

Following space-observed corresponding to the dates from 12 to 18 this month. Will be rainy weather at times, especially during the weekend 19-20/2.

Immediately after bad weather (snow) is expected in the area. Thus, from the 21st of this month, the weather gradually begins to weigh significantly. The three-day 24-25-26 / 2 snow will make their appearance until the seaside, likely even have special vehemence. And for the remaining days of the month, however, will remain wintry weather, with the same phenomena periodically, and great frost.

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Greece Today

Greece Today

Day after day the greek government tries to do whatever it takes to cut down the monthly wages that take the employees who work as civil servants. The situation is of course very tragic. Many people commit suicides because of their debts !!! The Private employees do not have customers due to this economic problem which affects the entire country. As a result, a lot of shops, stores, restaurants and so many other buildings are going under. 

"The collapse of Greece will cause total destruction of europe"