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We spent weekend in Aigina island in spite of the rain and it was amazing!!! Have a nice week!!!
According to ancient mythology, Aegina owes its name to the nymph Aegina, daughter of the river god Asopus, who Zeus seduced and took on the island of Aegina, then called Oenone. There she gave birth to Aecus, first king of the island and grandfather of the famous Trojan hero, Achilles.
Aecus renamed the island Aegina, in honour of his mother. Archaeological findings in Kolona, near the island’s capital, prove that the history of Aegina starts from the Neolithic period, as the island has been inhabited since 3,000 BC.
Source: www.greeka.com
Κατά την μυθολογία ο Δίας, πατέρας των θεών ερωτεύτηκε την ωραιότερη από τις 20 κόρες του θεού Ασωπού, την Αίγινα. Την απήγαγε και την μετέφερε στο νησί Οινώνη.
Εκεί απέκτησαν έναν γιο, τον Αιακό και το νησί πήρε το όνομά της Αίγινας. Ο Δίας έκανε βασιλιά τον Αιακό και πάλι, κατά την μυθολογία, μεταμόρφωσε τα μυρμήγκια του νησιού σε ανθρώπους για να αποκτήσει υπηκόους.
Για αυτό τον λόγο οι κάτοικοι της Αίγινας ονομάστηκαν Μυρμιδόνες. Ο Αιακός παντρεύτηκε 2 γυναίκες, την κόρη του Κένταυρου Χείρωνα Ενδηίδα, από την οποία απέκτησε τον Πηλέα και τον Τελαμώνα, και την Νηρηίδα Ψαμάθη με την οποία έκανε τον Φώκο.
Ο Πηλέας και ο Τελαμώνας δολοφόνησαν τον Φώκο, λόγω ζηλοφθονίας και έφυγαν από το νησί. Ο Πηλέας πήγε στην Θεσσαλία και από τον γάμο του με την Θέτιδα γεννήθηκε ο Αχιλλέας, ενώ ο Τελαμώνας πήγε στην Σαλαμίνα, παντρεύτηκε την Εριβοία και απέκτησε τον Αίαντα.
Έτσι η Αίγινα υπήρξε η πατρίδα του Αχιλλέα και του Αίαντα που υπήρξαν δύο από τους σπουδαιότερους ήρωες του Τρωικού πολέμου. Ο Αιακός δεν συγχώρησε ποτέ τον Πηλέα και τον Τελαμώνα. Υπηρξε ευσεβής και δίκαιος και όταν πέθανε έγινε δικαστής στον Aδη μαζί με τον Ραδαμάνθυ και τον Μίνωα.
Wow! Stunning place!👌💞
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Αll the greek islands are beautiful!! Have a nice week my friend!!!!
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Absolutely!😍🌷
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Να γιορτάζεις πάντα Ευ μου! ΧΧΧ
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Σε ευχαριστώ Δεσπούλα μου λατρεμένη!!!
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Την ομορφιά δεν την χαλάει ούτε η βροχή! 😉
ΑΦιλάκια και καλή βδομάδα να έχουμε και ας ρίχνει έξω καρεκλοπόδαρα! 🙂
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Καλή εβδομάδα Στεφανία!!! Τα πάντα γύρω μας έχουν τη δική τους ομορφιά, αρκεί να έχουμε “μάτια” να τη βλέπουμε!!!!
Γιατί λέμε ότι ρίχνει καρεκλοπόδαρα όταν βρέχει πολύ; Κατά πάσα πιθανότητα, θέλουμε να πούμε ότι είναι τόσο μεγάλη η ένταση της βροχής, που είναι σαν να μην πέφτουν μεμονωμένες σταγόνες αλλά συνεχή υδάτινα ραβδιά -μακριά και σχετικά παχιά, σαν τα πόδια της καρέκλας.
Δεν υπάρχει αμφιβολία ότι η πρωτοτυπία της εικόνας βοήθησε στη διαιώνιση της έκφρασης.
Υπάρχει άλλωστε και μια παραλλαγή, «βρέχει καλαπόδια» που δίνει περίπου την ίδια εικόνα, μια και τα καλαπόδια είναι κι αυτά ραβδόμορφα.
Άλλωστε, παρόμοια εικόνα έχουν κι οι Γάλλοι, που λένε «il tombe des hallebardes», παναπεί «ρίχνει λόγχες» -όχι ακριβώς λόγχες, hallebarde είναι ο μεσαιωνικός λογχοπέλεκυς, η αλαβάρδα, αλλά ας μην επεκταθούμε εκεί, πάντως έχουμε πάλι ένα μακρύ και συμπαγές αντικείμενο.
Απόσπασμα από το ιστολόγιο του Νίκου Σαραντάκου ” Οι λέξεις έχουν τη δική τους ιστορία”
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Lovely photos
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Νot as lovely as yours lol!!! Have a nice week Derrick!!!!
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🙂
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Beautiful place
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Thank you for your comment!!
Surrounded by the calm blue waters of the Saronic Gulf, the Island of Aegina, is closest to Athens (a 40-minute ferry ride from Piraeus)!!
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Gorgeous indeed.❤️❤️❤️
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Thank you Laleh!! Sending back a big heap of hugs ❤ ❤
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Awww, aren’t you sweet.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗❤️
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You are more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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❤️
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That looks so inviting. Gorgeous stonework on the buildings walls.
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The Architecture of Aegina
Aegina, as first capital of the new Greek nation, laid the foundation of neoclassical architecture on the island. At first, the neoclassical style was manifested mostly in the islandʼs public buildings, and later spread beyond the main town.
From 1829, however, when the Greek capital was transferred to Nafplio, the official architecture of Aegina ended, with the result that, from the early 20th century, the local builders shaped the island architecture, which conforms in style to that of many Aegean islands, with the difference that in Aegina certain urban characteristics were developed.
The Popular Architecture of Aegina
On Aegina there are two basic types of local houses, the single space built on ground level and the two-storey house. The first of these, when built on sloping ground, has a storehouse which is like a semi-basement. Within the houseʼs single main space there is a raised platform or loft made of wood or brick, against the narrow side of the floorplan, and which is used for sleeping. Such houses usually have flat roofs and small openings.
The two-storey houses consist of a ground floor and an upper floor, the two connecting via an outside stone stairway. There are also structures such as ovens, wine-presses, storerooms, stables, wells, etc.
The Aegina house is a long and narrow rectangle, its appearance modified by its cornices, the balcony and the external stone staircase.
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It sounds very clearly defined architecture. I am thinking it must have been very functional to the locals and made use of local materials?
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Yes!!! Nature endowed it not only with an abundance of suitable materials (in all of our islands) such as green and white marble, slate and granite, stones but also with a rare environment that unquestionably stimulates artistic feeling.
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Hmm. Interesting. So there are lots of artists in the islands? My knowledge of Greece is pretty limited. I know much more about Scandinavia, and Australia!
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That’s the magic of blogging!! We learn new things and we share them with others!! I really appreciate your kind words!!!
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Indeed. The blogging community is a wonderful group. I always can learn something. Have you been blogging for long?
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About 10 years !!!! I am curious as a child and the blogging helps me discover new things!!!!
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I am impressed. Well done. I have been around for over 5 years but have lost track as the first couple of years, I was very erratic in posting.
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Keep blogging my friend!!!!! I am grateful to have crossed paths with you ❤ ❤
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I will as it becomes a bit addictive. Likewise with you.
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❤ ❤ !!!
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What a beautiful place! 💕
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In the lap of nature…truly a refreshing escape!!
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