The ancient Greeks were the first ecologists on the planet, based on the quality of life in the city-states they created, where other nations lived nomadically. For example, in ancient Athens, every owner had the right to cut down up to two olive trees per year.
Solon had set a reward of 5 drachmas for killing a male wolf, but only one drachma for each young wolf because the goal was to reduce, but not to exterminate the species.
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How was environment in ancient Greece? Did people care to protect their surroundings? How did Homer described the environment ? Were ancient Greek aware of ecology?
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The Greek education system is governed by national laws and legislative acts (decrees, ministerial decisions), while the general responsibility for education lies with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs.
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Andreas was born on the 21st of April 1985 in a family with strong bonds. As a child, he was very sensitive, and used his “small” power to offer love and smiles to everyone who was near him!
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Do you ever wonder how people in Greece celebrate the annual New Year’s festivities? The country and its people are so passionate about their culture and traditions that it’s no wonder there are so many New Year’s traditions for the holiday that is known in Greece as “Protohronia.”
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Christmas holiday customs have become globalized in the past few decades, with Santa Claus or the Christmas tree appearing in unusual places, and even in countries which are not Christian.
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Among the innumerable treasures and holy relics preserved at the Holy Monastery of St. Paul on Mount Athos (in Greek Άγιον Όρος, meaning “Holy Mountain”) the most precious, and invaluable to Greek Orthodoxy, are the Holy Gifts offered by the three Magi of the East to the newborn Jesus.
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2019 was another year of major archaeological discoveries, not only in Greece but across the Mediterranean basin, where the different phases of Greek antiquity left their indelible mark.
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It is known to almost everyone that Greece’s second-largest city, Thessaloniki, is a massive open museum, covering numerous different periods of Greece’s antiquity.