Happy Pride! The embodiment of gay pride in 4th century BCE was the Sacred Band of Thebes - an elite fighting unit made up of 150 pairs of male lovers. Their love-bond was considered a source of moral virtue and military strength as they battled tyrants in the name of Greek freedom.
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.
Greek Firewalkers have been accused of paganism, even satanism. But nothing will shake the dedication of these devout Orthodox Christians to the seven hundred year old tradition of the Anastenária.
Glimpses of an Ancient Fire-Walking Ritual in Northern Greece
GREECE: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GATHER TO WATCH INTERNATIONAL FIREWALKING CEREMONY. (1980)