Yearly Archives: 2017
Greek island of Naxos celebrates Carnival with Torch Parade
NAXOS, Greece (AP) — The island of Naxos hosts some of the most colorful Carnival celebrations in Greece, with some customs dating from antiquity. Others, ...
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The Myth of Poseidon and Amphitrite | Naxos, 24 Feb. 2017
AMPHITRITE was the goddess-queen of the sea, wife of Poseidon, and eldest of the fifty Nereides. She was the female personification of the sea–the ...
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The Dionysian Carnival of Naxos 2017 – Calendar of events
Naxos, the largest island of the Cyclades, is one of the few places in Greece that keeps alive ancient Greek customs and traditions that are revived during ...
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