Tomorrow I'll be in one of my fave places ( @britishmuseum ) giving a lecture on one of my fave topics (Alexander the Great) as part of the @OpenUniversity 's Introduction to the Classical World Study Day #Hellenism
The "Alexandros Mansion" in the village of Amyntaio Florina is one of the lgst & most luxurious priv. complexes of wealthy Greeks found in Macedonia #GRE adorned with 3 c BC mosaics from Gk mythology & statues of deities in the Halls of Europa, the Nereid's & the slayer of beasts
#travel And then there is the big island of Crete. Once the hub of Minoan civilization starting in 2700 BC, the earliest known civilization in Europe. See archaeological Minoan sites, Venetian old city, the gorge of Samaria and Palm Beach of Vai, largest palm forest in Europe.
Marble peak of Athos #Macedonia GR was mentioned by Homer & Aesch. as the 1st home of the Gk gods before moving to Olympus.Pagan hermits lived in the deep forests since prehistoric times for it was always known that places where anc gods had lived still held grt powers for humans