♦️ How did Europe actually get its name — and who was behind it?

♦️ Which god could be called history’s first sexual predator?

♦️ Were the Greek gods brilliant, bored — or just dangerously creative?

♦️ Who dumped one girl for her sister?

♦️ Who flew too close to the sun? &

♦️ What is up with the Greeks and cows?!

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🎶 A song I love called Icarus Wings by Tom Baxter:

https://youtu.be/yYCl25AOPjg?si=iLSupDsK-0JeQnpF

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👉🏻 Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):

https://linktr.ee/onoufrios_dovletis

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🎬 Famous movies and their connection to ancient Greece #3:

♦️ How is Scream secretly connected to the Trojan War?

♦️ Who actually invented theatre — and who’s the OG father of tragedy?

♦️ Why do we call people “hypocrites” — and what does that have to do with masks?

♦️ And what’s your favourite scary tragedy — because the Greeks wrote them first. 🔪

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👉🏻 Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):

https://linktr.ee/onoufrios_dovletis

👉🏻 My Greek podcast: https://rb.gy/t6owee

🎬 Famous movies and their connection to ancient Greece #2♦️ How did an ancient Greek historian sneak his way into The English Patient?

♦️ Who came up with the lamest excuse ever… just to have someone killed?

♦️ Who was the real-life person behind the movie’s mysterious protagonist?

♦️ And should you really believe everything you read, watch — or even listen to?***👉🏻 Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):https://linktr.ee/onoufrios_dovletis👉🏻 My Greek podcast:https://rb.gy/t6owee

🎬 Famous movies and their connection to ancient Greece #1:♦️ What does Dune have to do with ancient Greek mythology?

♦️ How are the Mycenaeans connected to House Atreides?

♦️ Is Troy basically the prequel to Dune?

♦️ What on earth do Mrs Doubtfire and Mad Max have to do with it?

♦️ Is Paul Atreides just a desert version of Jesus — or something darker?

♦️ And how do psychology and Arabic culture tie this whole sandstorm together?***👉🏻 Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):https://linktr.ee/onoufrios_dovletis👉🏻 My Greek podcast:https://rb.gy/t6owee

♦️ Is the Acropolis just full of old people — and I don’t mean the statues?

♦️ Should you skip the trip and just look at photos instead?

♦️ Would a giant dome fix everything — or just make it look like a snow globe?

♦️ Is this “ugly” place really a tourist trap, or are some people just clueless?

💥 I read you real 1-star reviews from TripAdvisor about the Parthenon — yes, that Parthenon — and explain how (in)accurate they are.

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👉🏻 Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):https://linktr.ee/onoufrios_dovletis👉🏻 My Greek podcast: https://rb.gy/t6owee

Part 2:

♦️ What really happened to the Greeks of Constantinople in 1955?

♦️ How did a single night turn into one of the darkest chapters of modern Greek history?

♦️ Who organised the mob — and who looked the other way?

♦️ How did propaganda turn neighbours into attackers?

♦️ And why does almost nobody talk about it today?

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♦️ David Mitchell's article about Fleming: https://rb.gy/p2pj8e

♦️ First episode about the invasion in Cyprus: https://rb.gy/3gct2x

♦️ The music from Politiki Kouzina:

https://rb.gy/u2hygz

👉🏻Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):

https://linktr.ee/onoufrios_dovletis

My Greek podcast: https://rb.gy/t6owee

♦️ What really happened to the Greeks of Constantinople in 1955?

♦️ How did a single night turn into one of the darkest chapters of modern Greek history?

♦️ Who organised the mob — and who looked the other way?

♦️ How did propaganda turn neighbours into attackers?

♦️ And why does almost nobody talk about it today?***

♦️ David Mitchell's article about Fleming: https://rb.gy/p2pj8e♦️ First episode about the invasion in Cyprus: https://rb.gy/3gct2x👉🏻Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):https://linktr.ee/onoufrios_dovletisMy Greek podcast: https://t.ly/crYu8

💥Only if you're ready for the eye-opening end of the story...

♦️ How were the British and the Americans really involved in the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus?

♦️ What deals were made behind closed doors — and at whose expense?

♦️ And how much of the truth has ever been told?

👉🏻 My list with music about and from Cyprus

👉🏻Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile)

👉🏻My Greek podcast

💥July & August 2024 mark 50 years since the Turkish invasion in Cyprus.

♦️ What’s the real history of the island?

♦️ Is Cyprus Cypriot, Greek, or Turkish — and who gets to decide?

♦️ How did the Turkish invasion actually unfold?

♦️ And what does the world choose to forget about it?

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👉🏻 My list with music about and from Cyprus

👉🏻Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile)

👉🏻My Greek podcast

💥 In the final eye-opening episode:

♦️ How I helped repatriate a Greek artifact...

♦️ How the Americans looted Cyprus

♦️ Enchanted Thessalonica (Macedonia) statues &

♦️ the smuggling network, museums & dealers involved.

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👉🏼 Let's stay connected (social media, books, acting profile):

https://linktr.ee/onoufrios_dovletis

👉🏻 My Greek podcast:

https://t.ly/crYu8