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Savouring Europe: Arkadia in the Peloponnesus - Greece
November 2004
May and the early sun tickles the land. Donkey graze beneath an ancient monastery clinging to the cliffs above. In hill towns, cooking continues as it did in the 18th century -steaming lamb dishes informed by Ottoman and Venetian cuisines.
Length: 1514
Rating: 4.80 (5 ratings)
Tags: Journeyman Pictures Greece Arkadia Peloponnesus travel
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The Battle of Olympus - Peloponnesus
A tune heard in the Nes game The Battle of Olympus, almost as it goes.
Length: 98
Rating: 4.90 (20 ratings)
Tags: battle olympus peloponnesus piano
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Laius and Chrysippus.
Laius and Chrysippus.
In Greek mythology, Chrysippus was a divine hero of Elis in the Peloponnesus, a young boy, the bastard son of Pelops king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus and the nymph Axioche. He was kidnapped by the Theban Laius, his tutor, who was escorting him to the Nemean Games, where the boy planned to compete. Instead, Laius ran away with him to Thebes and raped him, a crime for which he, his city, and his family were later punished by the gods. Chryssipus's death was related in various ways. One author who cites Peisandros as his source claims that he killed himself with his sword out of shame. Hellanikos and Thucydides write that he was killed out of jealousy by Atreus and Thyestes, his half-brothers, who cast him into a well. They had been sent by their mother, Hippodamia, who feared Chrysippus would inherit Pelops's throne instead of her sons. Atreus and Thyestes, together with their mother, were banished by Pelops and took refuge in Mycene. There Hippodamia hanged herself. The death of Chryssippus is sometimes seen as springing from the curse that Myrtilus placed on Pelops for his betrayal.
Read by Timothy Carter, music by Steve Gorn, compiled by Andrew Calimach.
Length: 397
Rating: 0.00 (0 ratings)
Tags: Laius and Chrysippus Read by Timothy Carter music Steve Gorn compiled Andrew Calimach Ancient Greece
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Greece: Corinth Canal transit, #1
On the afternoon of 24 May 2007 I was a passenger on the 10,000-ton Seabourn Spirit when that vessel made a transit of the 3.9-mile (6.3-km)-long Corinth Canal from west to east.
The 68.9-foot-wide (21-meter-wide) canal, constructed between 1881 and 1893, connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf. Cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth, the canal separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland. In effect, the Corinth Canal creates an island out of the Peloponnesus.
Although ships narrow enough to utilize the canal can shave 400 kilometers off their journey, most of the 11,000 annual canal transits are now made for touristic purposes. Seabourn Spirit is 163 feet (49.7 meters) wide. This video clip shows the tugboat pulling Seabourn Spirit and the very steep walls of the canal.
For more information, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth_Canal.
Length: 27
Rating: 3.00 (2 ratings)
Tags: Greece Corinth Canal Seabourn Spirit Aegean Peloponnesus tugboat
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Greece: Corinth Canal transit, #2
On the afternoon of 24 May 2007 I was a passenger on the 10,000-ton Seabourn Spirit when that vessel made a transit of the 3.9-mile (6.3-km)-long Corinth Canal from west to east.
The 68.9-foot-wide (21-meter-wide) canal, constructed between 1881 and 1893, connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf. Cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth, the canal separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland. In effect, the Corinth Canal creates an island out of the Peloponnesus.
Although ships narrow enough to utilize the canal can shave 400 kilometers off their journey, most of the 11,000 annual canal transits are now made for touristic purposes. Seabourn Spirit is 163 feet (49.7 meters) wide.
This video clip shows several bridges which cross over the canal near its eastern end. Moving vehicles can clearly be seen on the bridges.
The video clip was shot from the stern of Seabourn Spirit during a rain shower.
For more information, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth_Canal.
Length: 33
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
Tags: Greece Corinth Canal Seabourn Spirit Aegean Peloponnesus tugboat
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Greece: Corinth Canal transit, #3
On the afternoon of 24 May 2007 I was a passenger on the 10,000-ton Seabourn Spirit when that vessel made a transit of the 3.9-mile (6.3-km)-long Corinth Canal from west to east.
The 68.9-foot-wide (21-meter-wide) canal, constructed between 1881 and 1893, connects the Gulf of Corinth with the Aegean Sea's Saronic Gulf. Cutting through the Isthmus of Corinth, the canal separates the Peloponnesian peninsula from the Greek mainland. In effect, the Corinth Canal creates an island out of the Peloponnesus.
Although ships narrow enough to utilize the canal can shave 400 kilometers off their journey, most of the 11,000 annual canal transits are now made for touristic purposes. Seabourn Spirit is 163 feet (49.7 meters) wide.
This video clip shows a movable bridge and the control tower at the eastern end of the canal. In addition, it shows a current appearing to flow from east to west through the canal.
For more information, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinth_Canal.
Length: 68
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
Tags: Greece Corinth Canal Seabourn Spirit Aegean Peloponnesus tugboat
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