How was the world created ? For the ancient Greeks the world was created out of nothing which they called Chaos. So as for some other Greek words the original meaning of the word has been mistaken and is now used with a whole different meaning : chaos didn’t meant disorder but nothingness, just like …
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Remember the Great Plague of Athens
The word “Pandemic” has its origin in Ancient Greece and show that diseases have always been part of human history. Plague was already and insidiously present in the first monumental piece of western literature, The Iliad by Homer . The plague hit the Greek army at Troy after Agamemnon, the Greek leader, showed disrespect towards the god Apollo, …
Why a homage to the Greek Gods?
During the recent lockdown, we went to the rescue of our 87 years grand mother who was until then happily living alone in Paris. But with the Covid-19 spreading everywhere, how could we let her at her vulnerable age go food shopping in the highly contaminated city ? The plan was to go and take …