On the land of Greece, as elsewhere in the world, there are so many historical monuments that even a cursory survey of all the sights can take several years. Hardly every stone in Greece has its own history, its own myth - and this is almost not an exaggeration. Take, for example, the second largest city in Greece - Thessaloniki, the capital of Macedonia. By the way, this is the city from which the worldly glory of the conqueror of Asia Alexander the Great went, and he bears the name of his sister.
A gifted poetess and artistic nature, Sappho, around 600 BC, headed a community of girls on the island of Lesbos dedicated to Aphrodite, graces and muses..The girls there were taught the art of living - the talent of being a woman in the full sense of the word: admire and enthrall, enchant manners and surprise knowledge .While other women spent their lives as reclusive in their half of the house, Sappho's students studied art and literature .In addition, the widespread belief that the name of the island of Lesbos went the notion of "lesbian love" .However, the poetess Sappho did not escape love to the man either: she met handsome Faon, whom Aphrodite personally endowed with the ability to inspire passion for all women..I could not resist Sappho .When, however, the handsome woman changed her, the unhappy poetess, as it was then accepted, threw herself into the sea .
Another legend says that once the merry nymphs angered Poseidon. And as punishment, he turned them into stones - and the Greek islands arose. The largest island, Crete - the birthplace of mythical Zeus and a very real artist El Greco, is famous for so many intriguing legends that Sisyph himself would not undertake to describe them. Especially many secrets are kept by the Palace of Knossos - the labyrinth of King Minos.
According to legend, this labyrinth is a refuge of the Minotaur, a monster with a human body and the head of a bull born from the love of Pasiphae (the wife of King Minos), to the bull sent by Poseidon .Minotaur rushed to devour criminals, and also sent from Athens every nine years 7 beautiful girls and 7 young men .While one day on the island, together with other future victims sent the Athenian tsarevich Theseus .His father (Theseus, not the Minotaur) agreed with his son that if he wins, he will return home under white sails..But in the rush, Theseus forgot to change them (a variant of the legend - they were torn by a storm), and when Agei saw his son's ship under black sails, he threw himself into the sea with grief, now named after him Aegean .