The archaeological site of Troy is located in western Turkey near the convergence of the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles (ancient Hellespont), the strait that connects the Aegean to the Bosphorus and the Black Sea, a strategic location valuable to whomever controls it. A visit to Troy is included in ... Read More »
folktales
From Mycenae to Troy
I want to tell the story of Troy, the legendary Troy of Helen and the Trojan War, but first I'll tell about Mycenae, because it's important to the back story. Mycenae is located in the eastern Peloponnese, about 80 miles from Athens. Some 3500 years ago, it was a powerful presence in the ... Read More »
Ancient Stories of Greece: Prometheus & Pandora
Prometheus was a surviving member of the Titan generation after the cosmic war between Cronus and his Titans and their offspring the Olympian gods, led by Zeus. Prometheus sat out the conflict and escaped the fate of the Titans, who were banished to Tartarus, the deepest, most torturous pit of the ... Read More »
Postitive Thinking with Nasreddin Hodja
Across the Muslim world, stories and anecdotes attributed to or about Nasreddin Hodja are as much a part of the collective consciousness as the Grimm's Fairy Tales in Europe and North America. Nasreddin was probably a real man who lived in Turkey in the 13th century. Some sources say he was born in ... Read More »
