Lamia - progressive city, small streets, big appetite, home of Nikos Tsonis, politician of the socialist party who agreed to be interviewed and offered to host us for a night. After taking us for a walk around town and shaking the hands of almost anyone in the streets, we learned quickly the importance of community, or at least connections, in any system of power.
Thermopyles - with its receeding shoreline that vaguely reminded us of Sumeria and Mesopotamia, grand cities of antiquity now transformed into the desert land of Iraq, we began to ponder how it would be in several decades to a century. Back in 480BC in this same spot 300 men from Sparta fought with thousands (nay, a million! -according to the little history plaque on site) of Persians. Now, there are olives covering the hills among ruins of an acropolis that probably fell after centuries of erosion, earth quakes or just the decaying effect of time and forgetfulness. We went all the way to the top and marveled at the unusual land and water formations unique to Greece. Its still absolutely stunning.
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ReplyDeleteahah Michalis, I told her that it was not just the history plaque.. but Herodotus!!
ReplyDeleteI didnt know about the assistants, and yes, of course it does sound like an exaggeration, but still there must have been a big disproportion!
Oh my, I didn't know! tsk tsk, this is like the ancient backstory of the major motion picture. anyway, I bet Herodotus was highly biased - like most writers! :D hehe
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