Michael Shepherd, Author at Visit Ancient Greece

New Light on Ancient Athens

Take two minutes for a new perspective of well known sites. Or wrap your imagination around these unusual views from February 2021 Everything else about visiting ancient Athens

Neither Ancient Nor Modern

Old photos of ancient Athens taken before 1900–and a painting from 1787.

An ancient Greek professor goes to a tailor to get his trousers mended. The tailor asks: “Euripides?” The professor replies: “Yes. Eumenides?” This is worthy of a Christmas cracker joke as long as you are up on ancient Greece. Euripides (480 – 406BC), pronounced like “You-rip-a-these”, was a great Athenian playwright and The Eumenides, “You-mend-a-these”,Continue reading “Humor for ancient Greeks”

Gates of Athens

Persia vs Athens: Including the Persian point of view . . . On the plains of Marathon an army of slaves gathers . . . Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army – swollen by 10,000 Immortal warriors – have come to subjugate the Greeks. In their path, vastly outnumbered, standsContinue reading “Gates of Athens”

Assassin’s Creed

I have seen some great ancient Greek images in screen shots of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Some of which made an effort to be authentic, some didn’t. Here are a few I have found to whet your appetite. If you have some that are better, please contact me and I will put them up here. 2022Continue reading “Assassin’s Creed”