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In Greek Mythology, Pyraustas was an insect-sized dragon from Cyprus. The tiny dragon lived in the fire and turned to stone instantly if it went away from the flames. According to the tradition one of them lived in the Avakas Gorge.🐉🔥
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Callisthenes was the Greek historian that accompanied Alexander the Great to his campaign. He described how the Greek warriors were training with bodyweight exercises we now call calisthenics. 💪
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@GAnatolicus @Tweetophon The conquests of Alexander widened the horizons of the Greek world and created the Hellenistic Age

Did you know that the civilization and people of what is known in English as Greece have never referred to themselves as “Greek”? In fact they called their land Hellas and themselves Hellenes from Hellen, the mythical ancestor of all the Hellenes (Greeks).

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When Odysseus visits the Land of the Dead, Tiresias tells him that his death is “coming from the sea” The son of Odysseus by the sorceress Circe killed unwittingly the hero with a spear that had been tipped with the point of a stingray thus fulfilling the prophecy.

Why is cheese so salty?
Perhaps because we got the recipe from the Cyclops Polyphemus, son of the god of the salty sea. Homer describes in detail the Cyclops making and storing cheese made from goat's and sheep's milk. 🧀
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@Beautif78060989 Happy new month Mary Anne 🙂

On their way back from Colchis the Argonauts were caught in a storm. They prayed to the god Apollo to save them. Apollo used his bow to cast light and an island appeared. The Argonauts named the beautiful island Anafi from an ancient Greek word meaning "to reveal". 🏹 🏝