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Greek Like Me

A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

Posts in Greek
Greek Traditions in Black & White with Photographer George Tatakis
Greek Traditions in Black & White with Photographer George Tatakis

Award-winning Photographer George Tatakis travels throughout rural Greece documenting Greek culture, traditions, and traditional dress. He shares his adventures, what he’s learned about our culture, and why black and white.

culture, ethnic, Greek, Greek roots, Greek women, history, rituals, tradition, traditional costumes, photographyPamela Diotes Wood#greekhistory, #greektradition, #greek, #traditionalcostumes, #georgetatakis, #photography, #blackandwhitephotography, #award-winningphotographerComment
Annunciation/Independence Day
Annunciation/Independence Day

Why Greeks bound the fight for independence to the Feast Day of the Annunciation. And how the sacrifice and faith of the Virgin Mary resounded with the Greek fight for liberty.

Bouboulina, culture, Faith, Greek, Greek heroes, Greek Independence, Greek Revolution, heroes, history, Icons, Long live Greece, Nafplio, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Lent, Orthodoxy, Rebels, Annunciation, Paleion Patron Germanos, March 25Pamela Diotes Wood#march25, #annunciation, #annunciationofthetheotokos, #greekindependence, #greekrevolution, #ottomanoccupation, #metropolitangermanos, #greekorthodoxchurch, #greekhistory, #liberty, #freedomComment
Food Fight! Stuffed Grape Leaves
Food Fight! Stuffed Grape Leaves

Where did stuffed grape leaves originate? Who started the ancient fad of rolling up food in leaves? it’s another food fight, as we investigate claims and age old recipes.

Ancient Greece, Archaeology, Asia Minor, culture, ethnic, food, Greek, Greek recipes, history, traditionPamela Diotes Wood#dolmades, #stuffedgrapeleaves, #greekfood, #greekculture, #greekhistory, #tradition, #ancientgreece, #foodheritage, #foodculture, #foodhistoryComment
Orpheus and Eurydice
Orpheus and Eurydice

A tragic tale of a love lost, and one man’s heroic effort to use the only weapon he has to persuade the Lord of Death to give her back: his music.

Ancient Greece, Archaeology, culture, Dionysus, Ghosts, Greek, Greek gods, Greek heroes, heroes, Mt. Olympus, mythology, rituals, Apollo, Love lostPamela Diotes Wood#orpheusandeurydice, #orpheus, #eurydice, #hades, #lordofdeath, #orphism, #sirens, #argonautika, #theninemuses, #apollo, #dionysius, #oracles, #greekmythology, #greek, #art, #maenads, #greekcultureComment
The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece
The Restless Dead: Ghosts of Ancient Greece

Join us for an episode of restless dead, vengeful wraiths, protective spirits, and ghosts summoned to serve the living.

Ancient Greece, Athens, culture, Demons, ethnic, Greek, Greek heroes, history, Homer, mythology, rituals, The Trojan War, Ghosts, Hauntings, Funeral Rites, The Restless DeadPamela Diotes Wood#restlessdead, #ghosts, #ancientgreece, #funeralrites, #homer, #theiliad, #theodyssey, #hauntings, #greekhistory, #greekculture, #ethnic, #greeklikemeComment