Antikythera Mechanism Posted by dareios on May 8, 2012
Most of you know that the very first digital computer was developed between 1940 and 1945. Yes this is true, but what about the first computing machine we know today? This is about the Antikythera mechanism (Μηχανισμός των Αντικυθήρων) which has been dated to the early 1st century BCE. This mechanism was discovered in 1900…
Crossword solution Posted by dareios on May 8, 2012
Here is the solution of the crossword:
Crossword / Σταυρόλεξο Posted by dareios on May 5, 2012
Today I will try something different. I created a crossword using words from my posts. All the words can be found in my previous posts. It took me very very long time to create it. So, please let me now if you like it 😉 Across 2. Past form of ζώ (5) 4. Present…
Meteora / Μετέωρα Posted by dareios on May 5, 2012
Today I will take you to the region of Thessaly, specifically at Kalampaka, to meet Meteora (Καλαμπάκα). Meteora is a place with gigantic rocks raise where the plain of Thessaly (Θεσσαλία) ends. There is no reference neither in mythology nor in historical books concerning the generation of these huge rocks. However, historians and geologists started…
Tenses – Simple Future 2nd Conjugation Posted by dareios on May 5, 2012
A verb belongs to the category of the second conjugation when the stress of the verbs is at the last syllable in the first person of the present tense. Ex. Agapo(αγαπώ= to love), peeno(Πεινώ=to be hungry), Zeeto(Zητώ=to ask), mporo(Μπορώ=I can). In simple future the characteristic letter before the ending is the same as in the…
Tenses – Simple Past 2nd Conjugation Posted by dareios on May 5, 2012
I would like to start this topic with a small reminder. The first person of the verbs that belong to the group of second conjugation is accented is the last syllable. For example: οδηγώ (drive),αγαπώ (love),πεινώ (be hungry),προτιμώ (prefer), ρωτώ (ask). As you may remember the 2nd conjugation has 2 groups. For the past tense…
Easter (Second Part) Posted by dareios on Apr 11, 2012
We continue from the last post with the Easter celebration in Greece. Last time we stopped to the Great Thursday that the tsoureki and the red eggs are prepared. Holy Friday is a day of mourning since Jesus died on the cross. Bells will ring slow and steady through the day and the Greek flags…