Greece Mugs
Description: The Argives, Achaeans, Hellenes, Heroes of Mycenaean Greece from Homers Iliad and the war for Troy. This design features a Bronze Age Figure of Eight Shield from the Aegean as well as the mythical names of the Greek Heroes and Demigods of the Trojan War. Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax, Diomedes, Nestor, Patroclus, Menelaus and Odysseus. Part of the Ancient History, Bronze Age History and Ancient Warfare Collection.
Description: About 20 km to the Northeast of Konitsa town (Ioannina, Epirus, Greece), close to the Greek-Albanian borders, there is a small group of beautiful villages, called "The Stone Villages". Those villages are Monastiri, Molista and Ganadio. They were the only villages of the region that were lucky to avoid the Nazi's brutality. The Nazis burned and devastated almost every village of the region except those three, so in the "Stone villages" you can enjoy excellent traditional architecture and beautiful stone houses. Life there isn't easy. During winter, very few inhabitants remain in these remote villages. In Ganadio (the most beautiful of them 3), for example, the total population is 3 people! Here you can see 2 of them, two sisters, the ...
Description: Here you can see the 2 parts, the 2 neighborhoods of the Hora ("Capital") of Serifos island. On the left side, you can see the Ano (Upper) Hora, the old part, which was "hidden" on the back of the hill, far from the eyes of the pirates. On the right side of hill, lies the Kato (Lower) Hora, the "newer", "visible" part, where the colorful church, makes a great contrast with the white little houses. Deeper, on sea level, you can see a different village, called Livadi, which is the islands' harbor. In the background, on the horizon you can see a another beautiful island of the Kyklades, Sifnos. Photo taken from the "Miners' path". It is the path that starts from the Hora of Serifos and after a 2-2 and half hour walk goes to Mega Livad...
Description: Design of the Greek flag with one of the symbols of Thrace. The Thracians were once the biggest Greek population in the world. The gave to the rest of the Greeks the worship of Dionysus, the muses, Orpheus, they competed in the Olympic games and were always present in the Greek history. No other Greek population has given so much to Hellenism as the Thracians.
