 The
Glory of Greece
‘Fair Greece! and relic of departed worth!
Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great!’
Byron.
From Mycenae’s archaic walls to Delphi’s Olympic
stadium, still Greece's ancient remains conjure the glory
of the Classical world, birthplace of our own civilization.
Greece is home to the muses, to democracy, to philosophy,
to drama, to the arts of sculpture and architecture!
The Ever-Present Past
In Attica, the Peloponnese and among the myriad islands of
the Aegean, the Classical world is everywhere present. Not
only in Athens, with its Acropolis, or Corinth with its temples,
but across the Cyclades and Dodecanese the ancient world comes
to life, amid the tiers of a theatre or in an ancient sacred
grove the past breathes again.
The Crusader Knights
Among the islands of the Aegean the Knights of St John of
Jerusalem made their home for more than 200 years. Centered
in the Island of Rhodes, which they made their fortress, they
also left indelible remains of Medieval splendour in so many
of their island ports like Kos, Symi, Patmos and along the
shores of the mainland opposite. The atmosphere of the period
can be felt strongly in a walk around Rhodes town itself.
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