Cross Country Chronicles

Halcyon days, a period when storms do not occur derived its name from  Alcyone  (Αλκυονη in Greek), who was the daughter of  Aeolus , God of...

In the past 7 years, I uploaded 202 posts in my blog Cross Country Chronicles .  As this is the first post of 2021 and maybe the final of th...

  Yogurt first appeared during the Neolithic period.  It is probable that the earliest yogurt was made by accident from fermentation of milk...

In the second millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the major centers of Greek civilisation.  It dominated much of southern Greece, the Cycladi...

In Greek mythology Hesperides were are nymphs of the evening or the golden light at sunset.  They were called also Atlandides because they w...

In Greek mythology Dawn or Eos ( Ηως in Greek) is a Goddess that rises each morning from her home the Ocean ( Οκεανος ).  In the Homeric Hy...

The charming village Mavromati is on the slope of Mount Ithome.  Ancient Messene or Messini ( Αρχαία   Μεσσηνία ) is a major archaeolog...