Category Archives: Crete

It’s All Greek To Me: The Origins of the Greeks

Posted on January 12, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

In the eighteenth century, when many classically educated Englishmen and Germans made the long journey to Greece and Anatolia, they were struck by what they found to be a major disjunction between the glories of ancient Greece and the Greek-speaking … Continue reading →

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It’s All Greek To Me: Mycenaean Greek

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

What did Achilles, Odysseus, and Agamemnon sound like? Up until the 1950s you would have been directed to the earliest form of “classical Greek”, the archaic form of ancient Greek found in the lyrics of The Iliad and The Odyssey, … Continue reading →

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The Future of Orthodoxy in Greece: An Outsider’s Observations

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

It is not by accident that I like living in Greece, A big part of it is I have an appreciation for the Eastern Orthodox Church. I own two true icons (“written” i.e. painted directly on wood, and not just … Continue reading →

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Some Frequently Asked Questions about Crete and Greece

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Bruce Bryant-Scott

My friend Michael Povey  a retired Episcopalian priest living in Florida who we got to know in Cambridge Massachusetts in 2002-2003, wrote, Please, one of these days, tell us all a bit about Crete. How far is it from mainland … Continue reading →

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