This gallery contains 1 photo.
On a wall in Gazi, Athens, the face of Albert Einstein mingles with that of Constantine Karatheodory, in a mural by the prolific Greek graffiti artist INO. Who is the man sharing the mural with the father of modern physics? … Continue reading
Seventy-one years ago today, in the face of the advancing allied armies, the Germans had already begun evacuating southern Greece. Yet, on September 27th, 1944, Athens was still under occupation. It was in this occupied city that an unknown hand … Continue reading
This gallery contains 30 photos.
Everywhere you go in Greece, you see dogs roaming about. They’re usually large, well fed and quite friendly. Some of them wear collars too. Are they strays? Well, sort of. They are the city’s stray pets. They seem to be kings of the city … Continue reading
This gallery contains 4 photos.
I have been studying (or trying to) ancient roof tiles for the past 20 years and, despite what many say, I find them fascinating. But I’ve never come across a roof tile that tells a story quite like this one. … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
I seem to be in a graffiti mood lately. I promise to turn my attention to other matters, but not before posting this last one, of Hercules slaying the Hydra. The execution is deliberately naif and simplistic, but I’m not … Continue reading
This gallery contains 28 photos.
Athens is covered in graffiti. Every available or accessible surface seems to bear the mark of someone with a marker or can of spray in hand. It is illegal and to many it’s nothing short of vandalism. To me, there … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
With and a few bold strokes of a marker, an unknown graffiti artist managed to accurately sketch the city on the canvas of a blue wall. The city is pictured as seen from the west, with the Acropolis on the … Continue reading
This gallery contains 1 photo.
I’ve written about Sounion before; isolated at the end of a cape commanding spectacular views of the Aegean, it has long been attracting the romantic and the adventurous. Far away from settlements and curious eyes, many of the temple’s visitors … Continue reading
Aristotle, Greek tourist guide 