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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.

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Homer, Ancient Greece, and the Father of Archaeology with Thaao Penghlis
Homer, Ancient Greece, and the Father of Archaeology with Thaao Penghlis

Join us for an intriguing conversation with Thaao Penghlis about the quest for Priam’s treasure, the Lion Gate at Mycenae and the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. We’ll talk about his travels. And his podcast, Thaao Penghlis’s The Lost Treasures, when he follows the path of 19th century Homer fanboy Heinrich Schliemann in his hunt to prove that the people and places of the Illiad were real.

Thaao Penghlis's The Lost Treasures Episode 1

Parthenon by Costa-Gavras

Thaao Penghlis, Archaeology, Ancient Greece, Homer, ancient ruins, civilization, culture, TroyPamela Diotes Wood#thaaopenghlis, #thelosttreasures, #ancientgreece, #theilliad, #theodyssey, #homer, #heinrichschliemann, #priam, #troy, #theliongateofmycenae, #robertbittlestone, #Ithaka, #alexanderthegreat, #egypt, #greece, #history, #greekhistory, #scienceComment
Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum??
Why Are the Parthenon Marbles in the British Museum??

We’re going to follow the Parthenon Marbles, damaged and orphaned, to their new place of residence, in England. Discover how a powerful government claiming it was based on justice, abetted one of the biggest heists of all time. Give them back!!

Parthenon Battle/National Geographic

How the Parthenon Marbles Ended Up in the British Museum

Acropolis, ancient ruins, architecture, Athena, Athens, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek gods, Greek Independence, history, Looting, Lord Elgin, Ottoman Empire, Parthenon, The British Museum, imperialism, Lord Byron, The Curse of MInerva, Stolen artifactsPamela Diotes Wood#theparthenon, #parthenonmarbles, #thebritishmuseum, #greekarchitecture, #classicalgreece, #athens, #athena, #phidias, #christopherhitchens, #theodorevrettos, #lordbyron, #parliamentselectcommittee, #imperialism, #ottomanoccupation, #ottomanempire, #britishempire, #lordelgin, #stolenartifacts, #ancientworlds, #greece, #greekcultureComment
The Theft of the Parthenon Marbles
The Theft of the Parthenon Marbles

The Parthenon and its spectacular marbles survived for two thousand years. Then Ottoman Occupation enabled an opportunistic British diplomat to run amok among Greece’s greatest monuments, and pillage the symbol of Greek civilization and democracy.

The Unexplained: Sacred Greek Temple is an Optical Illusion

Phidias, Parthenon Sculptures

Acropolis, ancient ruins, architecture, Athena, Athens, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek heroes, history, mythology, Orthodoxy, Ottoman Empire, the Parthenon, Parthenon, Lord Elgin, LootingPamela Diotes Wood#theparthenon, #parthenonmarbles, #thebritishmuseum, #greekarchitecture, #classicalgreece, #athens, #athena, #phidias, #christopherhitchens, #ottomanoccupation, #ottomanempire, #britishempire, #lordelgin, #ancientworlds, #greece, #greekcultureComment
What Are the Parthenon Marbles?
What Are the Parthenon Marbles?

For 2,500 years the most spectacular marble statues ever seen graced the Parthenon, atop the Acropolis in Athens. For all of that time artists, architects, mathematicians, and scholars studied and admired the Temple of Athena and her sculptures. We’ll talk history, the man who envisioned the Acropolis complex, and why the Parthenon Marbles are pride and “essence of Greekness.”

Phidias, Parthenon Sculptures

Parthenon (Acropolis)

The Parthenon/History/Acropolis of Athens

ancient ruins, Athens, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek gods, heroes, history, Ottoman Empire, rituals, the Parthenon, tradition, Perikles, architecture, Acropolis, AthenaPamela Diotes Wood#theparthenon, #parthenonmarbles, #thebritishmuseum, #grecopersianwars, #Pericles, #greekarchitecture, #classicalgreece, #greekcitystates, #athens, #perikles, #athena, #thegoldenageofgreece, #lordelgin, #ancientworldsComment