All the people in a city can't fit into a theater at the same time to see a movie or a play. Movies and plays are usually shown more than once so that everyone who wants to see them has a place to...
Liberty – or death!
Independence Day March 25 Today, Greece is a free country. But for hundreds of years, the Greeks suffered under the rule of Turkey. Then, on March 25, 1821, a group of Greek leaders met in a...
Nikos’ religion
Bong-bong! The happy sound of the bell, ringing from the church that overlooks the little Greek town of Pigadi, is telling Nikos to hurry. He runs the last few steps to the church and goes to stand...
War on the water
The Greek leader, Themistocles (thuh tuh kleez), knew that the Persian fleet had to be defeated. The Persian army would then be without supplies or reinforcements. But how could he get the Persian...
The girl who became a flower
Long ago, the people in Greece believed that the sun was a god named Helios, who drove across the sky in a chariot pulled by four horses. There is a Greek tale about a girl named Clytie who fell in...