tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2832327902436261782024-03-13T17:19:34.955+02:00Consuming Greek AntiquityVassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-51634007375423378502016-12-14T15:55:00.001+02:002016-12-14T15:55:19.476+02:00Melina in the Louvre
Melina Merkouri in the Louvre in Paris in 1962, photographed for Life magazine.
She was photographed inteacting with the Milos Aphrodite and various busts.
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-40225210749701185502015-11-09T08:39:00.000+02:002015-11-09T08:39:05.053+02:00The Minoan Baked Figurine
My dear friend Ioanna V. at 9 years old is already an expert in Minoan coroplastic art experimenting in construction techniques.
In this example she baked a replica of the well-known Neopalatial Minoan clay female figurine from the sanctuary at Piskokefalo Siteia (1600-1500 BC) showcased in the Herakleion Archaeological Museum.
BEFORE BAKING
AFTER BAKING
THE Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-46195154986131491692015-10-12T09:56:00.000+03:002015-10-12T09:56:03.190+03:00Playing the Amphipolis Game
A recent visit to a local Greek toy store revealed this new treasure, inspired by the recent finds in Amphipolis.
As it is, it seems that Amphipolis inspires many games.
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-10237580650329865842015-03-09T21:58:00.001+02:002015-03-09T21:58:23.046+02:00Monster problems
Monsters do have to face some serious challenges.
*All drawings made by Teo Zirinis. Make sure to check out his site, Facebook page or Instagram account.
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-75464213994859229632014-11-03T21:07:00.002+02:002014-11-03T21:07:41.034+02:00The prince of lilies in the sea
It's been a while since I last posted a post on the blog, since of late we're mostly communicating through the Facebook page.
But this new find is really worth some special treatment.
Today I stumbled upon an image of the popular Greek singer George Mazonakis reproduced in one of the Sunday papers. The "news" here was that Mazonakis is a winter swimmer, and the paper presented the Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-21311621720047553952014-05-01T01:19:00.002+03:002014-05-01T17:17:13.681+03:00IDISTI - Greece with a twist
This blog entry and wonderful discovery is written by my dear friend Mania Kostopoulou.
Enjoy!
IDISTI - GREECE WITH A TWIST is a new Greek company which designs and produces everyday objects and gifts of unique design with a fresh look,inspired from Greek history, culture, nature, architecture, traditional costumes, myths and symbols of Greece from ancient to present Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-8379543101420018602014-04-18T17:32:00.001+03:002014-04-18T17:32:22.513+03:00Happy Easter CGA style
To all the readers of the blog and the followers of the Facebook page, many heartfelt wishes for a Happy Easter.
A chocolate Easter egg crafted by the French Boulangerie-Patisserie P.P. Colas in 2011. [via]
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-50330184443875642212014-04-07T21:27:00.000+03:002014-04-07T21:27:22.441+03:00A Sounion flower
Thanks to the courtesy of Nikos Mitrogiannopoulos and the Archive of Amateur Audiovisual Material "of the Anonymous" I have the great pleasure to present today a previously unknown photograph, actually a film frame from a 16 mm family film, belonging to the D. Georgopoulos family collection, resting at the Archive.
This rare family film frame, dating in the 1930's, is taken in the temple Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-29447917772045368122014-03-28T00:37:00.002+02:002014-03-28T19:28:03.076+02:00An archaeologist designing jewellery
cuff bracelet, collection Mycenaean
pendant, collection Meander
ring, collection Poseidon
brand bracelets, collection Dorian
ear rings, collection Speira
These are some of the jewellery designed by archaeologist Polina Sapouna Ellis and sure enough her creations are inspired and influenced by Ancient Greek art.
Polina Sapouna Ellis has a Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-78011123291635344942014-03-10T12:59:00.004+02:002014-03-10T12:59:46.500+02:00A Greek bar in Sartana, Ukraine
In the small village of Sartana, near Mariupol, Ukraine, the population is mainly Greek. The current political situation puts them in a very difficult spot.
This is a picture of their village coffee-house/ bar, called "Road", "Δρόμος".
*You may read the interesting story of the Greek population in the Ukraine HERE.
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-90445808709126485832014-03-03T23:22:00.003+02:002014-03-03T23:22:56.714+02:00Grecian chic at the 2014 Oscars
Lupita Nyong’o's dress at the Oscars last night was a lovely pale blue custom-made Prada gown in Grecian chic style: an infallible choice!
The actress said that the pale blue color reminded her of her home-town Nairobi, Kenya.
*photo via
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-85459232460175162282013-11-11T23:02:00.002+02:002013-11-11T23:02:19.539+02:00The quintessential British backdrop
Today's post is actually written by Marina Labrakis, a DPhil candidate in modern Greek at the University of Oxford.
Marina spotted and sent over the new advert for the Marks & Spencer stores in the UK.
I republish her comments with her permission and also many many thanks - there's no way I could have put it better myself.
It's the most recent Marks & Spencer Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-51965620293192452412013-11-06T22:42:00.002+02:002013-11-06T22:42:13.118+02:00But why in Lamia?
The following image is courtesy of fellow archaeologist Heinrich Hall, to whom many thanks are due for taking the photograph and sending it over for publication on the blog.
I can't really describe my enthusiasm when I saw it in my mail.
This is a modern monument, a large marble stele, erected outside the Lamia castle in central Greece.
It shows the legendary actress and Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-78571747889333085182013-10-30T00:32:00.004+02:002013-10-30T00:32:43.916+02:00WW II Greek Heroes
Today's image should have been published yesterday. The 28th of October is Greece's national holiday commemorating the beginning of the Greek-Italian war and Greece's entrance in World War II.
Greek archaeologist Valia Papanastasopoulou-Kasri posted the following sketch on her Facebook profile saying it comes from an English newspaper, obviously published during the Greek-Italian warVassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-21751702871424094632013-10-26T15:53:00.003+03:002013-10-26T15:53:58.803+03:00When in Leuven
My dear friend, eminent archaeologist Kostas Paschalidis, sent this just now from Leuven, Belgium.
This is a restaurant that doesn't fail to attract attention, as it is appropriately decorated to signify ancient Greece in all possible ways: the temple façade Caryatids in the showcase and a nice original idea of putting a black-figured vase scene on the pediment. You just can't Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-39525519139748156872013-10-18T22:17:00.004+03:002013-10-18T22:17:54.590+03:00Σκορπιοί εν Αθήναις
*Special thanks are due for this find to my good friend Marianna Tsigakou*
On September 2013 the legendary rock group The Scorpions did three concerts in Athens.
The concerts were recorded and a CD will be released on November 29, 2013. It will be appropriately called "Scorpions MTV Unplugged".
The Scorpions are particularly popular with Greek audiences and these Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-48157116891445676042013-09-24T23:49:00.000+03:002013-09-24T23:49:03.848+03:00The Chios Twin Greek Bins
I just received this photograph from fellow archaeologist Marsia Bealby.
Thank you Marsia for thinking of the blog when you saw this amazing find:
two twin waste bins in Nagos beach on Chios island, Greece.
I bet when you look at ancient Greek pots you never see them as serving as waste bins. Well, they most probably did at some point, so there you have it: Modern Greek Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-80324021338437556772013-09-23T10:38:00.003+03:002013-09-23T10:38:43.639+03:00Being the bee's knees
This is a very inventive way of using the famous Minoan golden bee pendant from the Chrysolakkos cemetery near Mallia in Crete.
The poster above publicises a very good cause, so the co-operative bees image seemed an appropriate choice: the 2nd Alternative Festival of Solidarity & Cooperative Economics, will be taking place in Athens, on 11-13 October 2013 at the Cultural Center of Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-89209291784912718062013-09-17T09:47:00.005+03:002013-09-17T09:47:35.059+03:00Jeremy Scott's Winged Shoes
Fashion designer Jeremy Scott has been collaborating with Adidas since 2008 producing a new version of the well-known high top Adidas shoe: the winged shoes.
Inspiration by Hermes' sandals is obvious and here are some examples
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-30187045504185032192013-09-15T22:13:00.000+03:002013-09-15T22:13:03.870+03:00Our poetry is life
This is a truly beautiful and rare picture - I'm very happy I stumbled upon it and want to share it with all of you.
This is Matsi Hatzilazarou, a Greek poet, standing in front of the Apollo temple at Ancient Corinth.
The photograph was taken by her husband, the Greek poet Andreas Embirikos, in June 1940, during their honeymoon in Corinthia and the Argolid.
*The Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-16013904804542310532013-09-10T00:47:00.001+03:002013-09-10T00:49:18.156+03:00Greece's Glory Contemplating
This is the famous Greek actress Aliki Vougiouklaki posing in a cameo with a meander frame. The inscription she holds says "Greece's Glory Contemplating".
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-87699010614768693102013-09-03T15:24:00.000+03:002013-09-10T00:31:44.095+03:00The Metaxa scarf
This is a rather rare find: a scarf designed by the well-known Greek designer Yannis Tseklenis, for the Greek brandy Metaxa.
*UPDATE*
Many thanks to archaeologist Alexandros Andreou who was quick to provide the inspiration for this image. Tseklenis, rather unsuccessfully, copies a scene from the so-called Eurytios krater, a Corinthian column crater found in Cerveteri dating ca. 600Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-73095502452629085472013-08-23T22:54:00.001+03:002013-08-23T22:54:16.046+03:00The De-lightful Caryatid
This post is courtesy of fellow archaeologist Vasko Demou. Many thanks Vasko!
This year's poster for the 19th Athens International Film Festival, made by Jonathan Burton, features a... de-lightful Caryatid.
Here's the link to the Festival's site
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-7660833651746340032013-08-04T00:25:00.002+03:002013-08-04T00:25:29.839+03:00The Lebanese Poseidon
This photograph is courtesy of my dear friend Kostas Paschalidis to whom I extend my deepest thanks.
He informs me that this is the sign of the Beirut Yachting Club featuring none other than Poseidon with trident in hand.
Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283232790243626178.post-6641000847507493162013-07-10T23:23:00.003+03:002013-07-11T18:29:29.857+03:00Minoan fresco in Andros.
It is with great pride and joy that I present through this blog an amazing discovery done by my dear friend and avid researcher, Mania Kostopoulou.
Mania recently discovered this extraordinary Minoan fresco on the island of Andros. It is as yet the first of its kind, but in fact no surprise to all students of Minoan culture, who would expect Minoan influence to have reached the island at Vassiliki Pliatsikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11875056562599749686noreply@blogger.com0