Kalymnos, Greece - Kalymnos Town & Pothia - AtlasVisual
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Kalymnos Town is located 3 km northwest of Pothia and for many centuries was the capital of the Kalymnos. Today the village is an extension of Pothia. It is built in a valley away from the sea because of pirates. It is a place that still keeps the traditions alive. In the area are Kalymnos' major attractions.
Pothia is the capital and the port of Kalymnos. A densely populated area is built at the beginning of Pothia. Here, visitors encounter a wide variety of traditional houses with strong neoclassical elements. In the Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos, there are a large number of ancient bronze and marble sculptures, tools, pottery, weapons and coins which show the evolution of Kalymnos from the prehistoric to Byzantine times. In Pothia there are also Maritime and Folk Museums. Another attraction of Kalymnos is the Church of Saint Savvas which dominates the west side of the harbor where the view is breathtaking.
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Φως στην Ομηρική Ιθάκη - Throwing Light on Homer's Ithaca
Φως στην Ομηρική Ιθάκη -
Η σημερινή Ιθάκη είναι η Ιθάκη της Οδύσσειας και του Ομήρου. Είναι η Ιθάκη της Προϊστορίας και της Ιστορίας.
Η έκθεση ''Φως στην Ομηρική Ιθάκη'' είναι μια προσπάθεια προς την κατεύθυνση της ομηρικής αλήθειας, της αλήθειας της ταύτισης, της οποίας η διαστρέβλωση έχει επανειλημμένα επιχειρηθεί, και αντίστοιχα διαψευσθεί. Πρόκειται για μια επίκαιρη κατάθεση ισχυρών και μοναδικών ενδείξεων-τεκμηρίων της διαχρονικής, ομηρικής τροχιάς της Ιθάκης, μια σύγχρονη προσπάθεια κατάθεσης του Οδυσσειακού αφηγήματός της, προσφορά στους απανταχού του κόσμου ''Ιθακήσιους'', τους Θιακούς όλων των Εθνών και όλων των φυλών, έτσι όπως ανεξίτηλα τους χρωμάτισε και τους απαθανάτισε η Ομηρική, ανυπέρβλητη φαντασία.
Today's Ithaca is the Ithaca of the Odyssey and of Homer. The Ithaca of Pre-history and of History.
It can be identified by the location of two places of worship of around 1000 BC, detailed by Homer, and located by painstaking archaeological studies in Ithaca. Namely: The sanctuary of Apollo in Aetos (a shady grove of Apollo, the archer-god, Od. υ 278), and the cave of worship in Poli (pleasant, shadowy cave, sacred to the nymphs, Od. ν 348) an ark of Ithacan inheritance, a sanctuary dedicated to the gods and to Odysseus from 900 BC (tripods, potsherd εὐχὴν Ὀδυσσεῖ = Votive offering to Odysseus, etc.), a place of worship for seafaring travelers of those times.
Throwing Light on Homer's Ithaca is an effort to clarify its historical identity asserting unique evidence and providing a current statement of the Odyssean narrative, to Ithacans, from all over the world, Ithacans of all nations and races as they were vividly described and immortalized by Homeric saga.
Throwing Light on Homer's Ithaca -