#Olympos

[jkrikis]

potamos

© 2024  Yiannis Krikis

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Aphrodite

The inside of the cabin smells very heavily of perfume.

[gemsofgreece]

The Greek island of Karpathos, a growing centre of ecotourism, features striking landscapes surrounded by the Aegean Sea. The isle is part of the Dodecanese archipelago. Photo by nikolaos_panou . 

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''Cennet'' by Serap Belovacıklı

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As much as I like reading about Zeus and Gaia in fiction (and the interesting interpretations of them having a less friendly/motherly and more abusive/hateful dynamic) I'm kind of more interested in Zeus' relationship with Olympos, a Cretan giant who was credited as Zeus' foster father. Olympos then betrayed Zeus and incited his brothers to kill Zeus before Zeus slain them. In his remorse, Zeus named the tomb after his fallen mentor (and presumably, named Olympus after him, which really speaks to how much Zeus cared about him even after the betrayal)

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Antalya, Olympos Antik Kenti

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Constantine Manos - Priest having his coffee, Karpathos, Olympos, Greece, 1964

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Yannis in Olympos, Karpathos by George Tatakis | 03.10.2022

"I had, however, already met Yannis through common acquaintances and so I asked whether he would be willing for me to take some pictures of him in the village, which he willingly agreed to. After the shoot, we returned to the Parthenon, the local café that we frequented on the main square of Olympos, where Yiannis’ father happened to be with his group of friends, where he was playing the lyra and singing mantinades. Yiannis sat with his father and sang. I took my last photo, which I think is my favourite."

photos are featured in the photographer's book Olympos [link]

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Based on the lore established in Percy Jackson regarding the perception of the gods, and given that the timeline world of Rick Riordan’s novels parallels that of the real world insofar as real events are concerned, “Hades” by Supergiant Games would inadvertently have the effect of making the Dionysus of the Percy Jackson world conventionally beach-bod-style sexy. In this essay I will—

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Watching the Dance in the Square, Olympos, Karpathos, Greece, 1964

Photo: Constantine Manos

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