- Ancient Greece / Byzantium: Did the Spartans really throw children into the Kaiadas? Did Alexander the Great actually cut the Gordian Knot? Was Hagia Sophia designed by a bee?
- Revolution / Modern History: Did the Secret School ever exist? Did the Dance of Zalongo happen? Was the discord among Greeks responsible for the civil wars during the Revolution?
- Contemporary Greece: Did Churchill really say that "heroes fight like Greeks"? Was Belogiannis' carnation red? Was Andreas Papandreou the first to say "Greece belongs to the Greeks"?
So, the Spartans didn't throw children into the pit of Kira? Alexander the Great didn't cut the Gordian Knot? Are you going to tell us that not all Byzantines worshipped their last emperor? Did a bee design Hagia Sophia? The Hidden School never existed either? Nor did the Dance of Zalongo? And is the division among Greeks not responsible for the civil wars of the Revolution?
Did the English loans ultimately help the Revolution? Didn't Metaxas create IKA? Did Kazantzakis never get excommunicated? Wasn't Beloyannis' carnation red? Wasn't the sabotage at Evros done with sugar in the tanks' fuel tanks?
Really, didn't Churchill say that "heroes fight like Greeks"? Nor did Theodorakis invite us to choose "Karamanlis or tanks"? Didn't Ritsos write about the tanks that "dance in the streets of Prague"? And did Andreas Papandreou not first say that "Greece belongs to the Greeks," nor did he open and close the "time vault of History"?
Soon you'll tell us that Kapodistrias didn't use tricks to teach us to eat potatoes, that Einstein didn't steal the theory of relativity from Karatheodoridis, and that we didn't lose the opportunity for Americans to speak Greek by one vote. But why do you hate our myths so much? Small tales for big misunderstandings.
Revealing Myths & Truths
- Ancient Greece / Byzantium: Did the Spartans really throw children into the Kaiadas? Did Alexander the Great actually cut the Gordian Knot? Was Hagia Sophia designed by a bee?
- Revolution / Modern History: Did the Secret School ever exist? Did the Dance of Zalongo happen? Was the discord among Greeks responsible for the civil wars during the Revolution?
- Contemporary Greece: Did Churchill really say that "heroes fight like Greeks"? Was Belogiannis' carnation red? Was Andreas Papandreou the first to say "Greece belongs to the Greeks"?
It is a book that offers short, concise narratives for each myth, ideal for those who love History and want to distinguish fiction from historical documentation.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Stayros Panagiotidis
- Publisher
- Kedros
- Skroutz Book Awards 2025
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- Type
- General History
- Theme
- Modern and Contemporary Greece
- Language
- Greek
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Release Date
- 9/2023
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Dimensions
- 11x16.5 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789600453812
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