Aristotle Part 1 | Discovering Greek History #4

   Aristotle (/ˈærɪˌstɒtəl/;Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης [aristotélɛːs], Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven (c. 347 BC). His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics,aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system of Western philosophy. Shortly after Plato died, Aristotle left Athens and, at the request of Philip of Macedon, tutored Alexander the Great starting from 343 BC. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, "Aristotle was the first genuine scientist in history ... [and] every scientist is in his debt."

Pericles | Discovering Greek History #3

Pericles (/ˈpɛrɪkliːz/; Greek: Περικλῆς Periklēs, pronounced [pe.ri.klɛ̂ːs] in Classical Attic; c. 495 – 429 BC) was arguably the most prominent and influential Greek statesman, orator and general of Athens during the Golden Age— specifically the time between the Persian and Peloponnesian wars. He was descended, through his mother, from the powerful and historically influential Alcmaeonid family.

Pericles had such a profound influence on Athenian society that Thucydides, a contemporary historian, acclaimed him as "the first citizen of Athens".^[1] Pericles turned the Delian League into an Athenian empire, and led his countrymen during the first two years of the Peloponnesian War. The period during which he led Athens, roughly from 461 to 429 BC, is sometimes known as the "Age of Pericles", though the period thus denoted can include times as early as the Persian Wars, or as late as the next century.

Pericles promoted the arts and literature; it is principally through his efforts that Athens holds the reputation of being the educational and cultural center of the ancient Greekworld. He started an ambitious project that generated most of the surviving structures on the Acropolis (including the Parthenon). This project beautified and protected the city, exhibited its glory, and gave work to the people. Pericles also fostered Athenian democracy to such an extent that critics call him a populist.

The Peloponnesian War | Discovering Greek History #2

The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. Historians have traditionally divided the war into three phases. In the first phase, the Archidamian War, Sparta launched repeated invasions of Attica, while Athens took advantage of its naval supremacy to raid the coast of the Peloponnese attempting to suppress signs of unrest in its empire. This period of the war was concluded in 421 BC, with the signing of the Peace of Nicias. That treaty, however, was soon undermined by renewed fighting in the Peloponnese. In 415 BC, Athens dispatched a massive expeditionary force to attack Syracuse in Sicily; the attack failed disastrously, with the destruction of the entire force, in 413 BC. This ushered in the final phase of the war, generally referred to either as the Decelean War, or the Ionian War. In this phase, Sparta, now receiving support from Persia, supported rebellions in Athens' subject states in the Aegean Sea and Ionia, undermining Athens' empire, and, eventually, depriving the city of naval supremacy. The destruction of Athens' fleet at Aegospotami effectively ended the war, and Athens surrendered in the following year. Corinth and Thebes demanded that Athens should be destroyed and all its citizens should be enslaved but Sparta refused.

The Peloponnesian War reshaped the ancient Greek world. On the level of international relations, Athens, the strongest city-state in Greece prior to the war's beginning, was reduced to a state of near-complete subjection, while Sparta became established as the leading power of Greece. The economic costs of the war were felt all across Greece; poverty became widespread in the Peloponnese, while Athens found itself completely devastated, and never regained its pre-war prosperity. The war also wrought subtler changes to Greek society; the conflict between democratic Athens and oligarchic Sparta, each of which supported friendly political factions within other states, made civil war a common occurrence in the Greek world.

Greek warfare, meanwhile, originally a limited and formalized form of conflict, was transformed into an all-out struggle between city-states, complete with atrocities on a large scale. Shattering religious and cultural taboos, devastating vast swathes of countryside, and destroying whole cities, the Peloponnesian War marked the dramatic end to the fifth century BC and the golden age of Greece

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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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