Herodotus
Greece
Greece's Hot Springs a Lure for Millennia
Medical tourism (also called medical travel, or health tourism) is not a new alternative therapeutic means. Patients have been on the move searching for medical care for thousands of years, while alternative forms of treatment combining natural sources and...
Greece
'Poseidon's Will' Saved Nea Potidea
Ancient Greek Historian Herodotus wrote about a tsunami wave that saved a region close to Thessaloniki, called Nea Potidea, from the Persian invaders in 479 BC. The enemy vanished because of "God Poseidon's will," according to the historian.
"There came...
Australia
30th Greek Festival of Sydney Presents “Memosinon” Exhibition
The 30th Greek Festival of Sydney proudly presents "Memosinon", a Phillip George exhibition on Herodotus’ globetrotting curiosity, collecting iconography, mapping culture, adding ideas and stories one upon another like a multi-layered transnational pastitsio baked in the oven of the diaspora.
Herodotus’ account of history was...