The Story of Our Blog..

One day while we were waiting the finish time of class impatienly.An acquaintance girl(miss. Mine,Later I learned that she was a teacher) came in our class with a smiling face, and started to speak fluently.I was just about to sleep when it did.
she was talking about a project which the students will prepare.she said:everyone will be in a group which is include student from there and my class and you will work together in order to prepare a presentation.firstly everyone should choice a city in europe. Secondly you should collect data about it and find interesting ways to present it to us. Lastly you should talk about it and give information to us. After you presentation If your audiences become a fan of your city and want to go there It means your project is good.
And our group(Zeynep,Songül,Hakan,Hayati) have recently started to work in order to guide athens.I should say that our group members and I have already became a fan of Athens city which is the most famous hellenistic city.we hope that you will like this city.

Mythology

Welcome to the area where the mythology was born..
You are lucky to be in here..You can find in Athens everyting good from ancient to future with sincere people,lovely areas, and helenistic landmarks .After visit our site I hope it will make you a fan of athens.
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the picture on the top is Titan,on the left is Pallas,on the right is Statue of Athena...

Firstly we should tell about its history;

The history of Athens begins more then 3000 years ago when during the prehistoric times its first inhabitants created their first settlement on the rock of Acropolis. It took hundreds of years until the sacred rock of Acropolis find its glory during the golden age of Pericles 495 - 429 BC with the construction of most of its Monuments like the Parthenon by the famous architects Iktinos and Kallikrates and the Sculptor Phidias. During those thousands of years Athens went through times of Glory and times of decline .
Finally became the Capital of Greece in 1834 mostly for its location and historical importance. Since then Athens grew to the city we know today, an important financial European capital that hosted the last Olympic games with a great success. The infrastructure of Athens has been developed very fast within the last 10 years with new highways, a new airport, new metro lines, a new tram line, a new railway the Proastiakos rail, huge shopping centres, stadiums and sport centres and the port of Piraeus has been developed to one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean. Due to this new infrastructure and the quick access by rail ,metro and car a kind of urbanisation has began in Athens as many Athenians prefer to live out side of the city centre in suburbs and areas that a few years ago were holiday resorts.

Right now: you will learn landmarks of Athens and its sincere people
After learn these.you should not leave Athens without having visited the Acropolis with its splendid Parthenon, Erechteion, Temple of Athena etc. However, Athens has much more to offer. The Ancient and the Roman Agora, Plaka, the romantic Anafiotika area, the Panathenaic Stadium, Lykavittos and Philopappou Hill, the tens of museums, Psirri, Syntagma, Monastiraki etc. There is a lot to see in Athens and it is worth while seeing it. With every corner you turn, Athens will surprise you with its history and its special atmosphere. Athens is a smile for you to enjoy.

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens.

Sirtaki is a popular dance of Greek origin ,created in 1964 for the movie Zorba the Greek. It is not a traditional Greek folkdance, but a mixture of slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance. The dance and the music (by Míkis Theodorakis) are also called "the dance of Zorbas".

GREEK MUSIC

Greece has a long tradition of music, going back to ancient years.Several gods and goddesses were connected with music and dance and the very word music comes from the Nine muses of ancient Greece. They were the course of inspiration for all artists and even today many artists speak of their Muse. We also have many musical terms from the Greek language: harmony, melody, tune, choir, orchestra, chromatic, scene, lyre, hymn, psalm, rhythm.And also bouzaki is important music instrument for greek.

Alphabet of Greece

It is a difficult language but it's not difficult that you can't learn it. You can learn to make conversation with a little effort, and if you read the letters, you'll find that a lot of the Greek words .And also some words,we use in our own languages.Finally,'IF YOU KNOW DIFFERENT LANGUAGES,YOU HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS' this situation very good,i think...Maybe you want to learn...

LETTERS PRONUNCIATION

Α α ='Αλφα/Alfa "a" as in "ha, ha"

Β β=Βήτα/Vita "v"

Γ γ= Γάμα/Gamma very different - something like y in "yellow"

Δ δ= Δέλτα/Delta "th" as in "the"

Ε ε= 'Εψιλον/Epsilon "e" as in "hen"

Ζ ζ= Ζήτα/Zita "z" like the bumble bee

Η η= 'Ητα/Ita "ee" as in "eat"

Θ θ= Θήτα/Thita "th" as in "think"

.Ι ι= Γιώτα/Yiota "EE" as in "eat"

Κ κ= Κάπα/Kappa "k"

Λ λ= Λάμδα/Lamda .'l"

Μ μ= Μι/Mi "m"

Ν ν= Νι/Ni "n"

Ξ ξ= Ξι/Xi (Ksi) "ks"

Ο ο= 'Ομικρον/Omikron "o" like in "owner"

Π π= Πι/Pi "p"

Ρ ρ= Ρω/Ro "r"

Σ σ,ς= Σίγμα/Sigma "s"

Τ τ= Τάυ/Taff "t"

Υ υ= 'Υψιλον/Ipsilon "EE" as in "eat"

Φ φ= Φι/Fi "f"'
Χ χ= Χι/XI ''ch" as in an angry cat

Ψ ψ= Ψι/Psi "psi"

Ω ω= Ωμέγα/Omega "o" as in "owner"