Ancient Greek Symposio Anyone interested in understanding ancient Greek diet and cuisine needs to keep one key fact in mind: the raw ingredients available to the ancients were quite different from what we have today. What could be more “Greek” than a refreshing tomato salad paired with crispy fried potatoes? Yet these two dishes were completely unknown in antiquity, simply because tomatoes and potatoes didn’t exist in their world. It wasn’t until the discovery of the American continent in the...

The Island of Samos and its connection with God Dionyssos, the God of Theater and Wine.

Lucian was born in Samosata, Syria, around 120 AD and was one of the great intellectual travelers of his time. He journeyed through Asia Minor, Italy and mainland Greece, collecting narratives, myths and stories that circulated in the world of the imperial era. Among his works stands out A True Story  — a text very often considered one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Its pages unfold astonishing adventures: arrival on the Moon and war with the inhabitants of the Sun, being...