New Odyssey
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" The troubles will not stop for the humans beings before the authentic philosophers come to power, or not before the leaders of states, by a divine grace, begin to philosophe really. "
Plato
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| Epidavrus
Hides in the middle of the hills of Argolide, in the pine forests. Its majestic theatre which can receive untill 14000 spectators has a perfect accoustic. The museum and the sanctuary of Esculape help to understand the medicine approaches at that time: then, to look after the patients, doctors did not dissociate the body and the spirit; that's why on the site were a theatre, a gymnasium and a temple. Each year takes place a festival, various representations are given. Epidavrus festival This wonder of ancient Greece is 25 km from Nafplio. |
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Mycenae Is located between the mountains and the plain of Argolis. The Citadel, the royal tombs and the museum will help us to imagine the great power that was in this Mediterranean city. Mycenae is 18 km from Nafplio. |
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| Corinth Is today, with Patras, one of the largest city in the Peloponnese. The ancient site closed the modern city, quiet antique place near busy town. Other site in Corinth, the canal, which was built to avoid the tour boats to the Peloponnese. The perspective is remarkable. Thanks to the highway, Corinth is less than an hour from Athens Airport. 40 km away from Nafplio, to be carried out on road or highway. |
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Mistra,
near Sparta Ruined Byzantine city, churches, monasteries (some of which are inhabited) and the buildings drive us in the past greatness of this flourishing Byzantine city. |
If Sparta was once the great rival of Athens, the city today is a simple rural hamlet. | ||||||||
| Athens Athens ... We forget the city's reputation as unworkable. The subway has made traffic congestion, and developments around the site of the Acropolis make easy access to the sanctuary. Above all, Athens is not limited to the Parthenon, there is much to discover, from all periods. |
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Delphi |
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| Olympia A truce was observed during the Olympic Games, peace was restored between the Greek cities, often in war. Today, every game, the Olympic flame from ancient site. |
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to learn a little more from Greece, through the books of its writers (from antiquity to the present) or writers (frenchs) who fell in love with this country ...
Aristophane Nikos Kazantstakis Jacques Lacarrière
Georges Séféris Michel Déon Plato
Esope Vassilis Alexakis Homère
Odysséas Elytis Sophocle
Alexandre Papadiamantis Vassilis Vassilikos...