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Greek Odyssey

Between Skyla and a Hard Place
16 Jan 2026

Between Skyla and a Hard Place

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Greek Odessy, History, Travel | 4
This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

On the way to Greece, our flight was rerouted between Scylla and Charybdis.

Click on Skyla for details….

Greece, Crete, Calypso, Circe, Cyclops, Charybdis, Scylia, Siren, Odyssey, Odysseus, Penelope
Grecian Formula
17 Jan 2026

Grecian Formula

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Greek Odessy, History, Travel | 2
This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

I didn’t have time for a haircut before we left home, so I am going to get one while we are in Greece.

Let me know which Grecian style you think I should go with. Click on your preference…

Greece, Athens, Grecian Formula, Lead Acetate
Immortality
18 Jan 2026

Immortality

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 6
This entry is part 3 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

There are numerous myths involving virgin births, but not many where the father is doing the birthing.

Click on Athena emerging from the forehead of Zeus, for details….

Orion, Pontus, Greece, Argus, Athens, Odeon, Acropolis, Caryatids, Parthanon, Achilles, Athena, Zeus, Poseidon, Asclepius, Demeter, Ceres
Win the War
19 Jan 2026

Win the War

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 4
This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

The ancient Greeks introduced Democracy to the world. Two and a half millennia later, it has yet to be perfected.

Pull up a chair in the Parthenon for a Dialogue …

Athens, Melos, Thucydides, Sparta, Democracy, Kratocracy, Oligarch, Greece
Rescued Right Back
20 Jan 2026

Rescued Right Back

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0
This entry is part 5 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

The Pygmalion myth is a rich narrative that delves into the nature of love, art, and transformation.

Click on the sculptor or his lover for details…

Crete, Pygmalion, Galatea, Pretty Woman, Aphrodite, Richard Gere, Julia Roberts, La Traviata, Greece
Good morning and a Squid
22 Jan 2026

Good morning and a Squid

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0
This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

A lazy writer’s compilation.

Click on the Jockey of Artemision for a jumble in lieu of an article …

Greece, Crete, Aphrodite, Kalamata, Kalamari, Eros, Jockey of Artemision
O Christiana!
24 Jan 2026

O Christiana!

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0
This entry is part 7 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

A Quiz: Are these barstools upholstered with leather, synthetic material, or whale foreskin?

Click on any one of them for the answer…..

Jacqueline Kennedy, Greece, Crete, Chania, Yacht, Aristotle Onassis, Christiana
Pigeon Toes
25 Jan 2026

Pigeon Toes

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 4
This entry is part 8 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

It has been a slow news week in Greece.

Click on our neighbour; his posture reflects the pace of life here…

Greece, Crete, Chania, Pigeon, Market
Muse
26 Jan 2026

Muse

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0
This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

“Oh, so long, Marianne
It’s time that we began
To laugh and cry
And cry and laugh about it all again”

Click on the musician and his Muse for details…

Muse, So Long Marianne, Bird on the Wire, Greece, Hydra, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Ihlen
Pheidippides
27 Jan 2026

Pheidippides

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series Greek Odyssey

Pheidippides, the first man to run a marathon. It did not end well.

Click on the Greek athlete for details….

Olympic, Nakukymppi, Greece, Athens, Pheidippides, marathon

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