Rhodian Traditional Couples of Foreign Lands
The foreign in the foreign lands come back as a bird and as a basil flowers but doesn’t smell truth. Strange in the foreign land and he opened his grave and alive to heritage hell.
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Rhodian Traditional Couplets of Love
It is impossible to light the candle without dropping nothing and love cannot be founded with no sighing. Whoever loved in young age, he has to take into account that love has troubles.
The dama dama of Rhodes
The deer is considered as the symbol of Rhodes, so the dama dama is a species of deer that has survived and adorns till today, as a protected animal, the forests of Rhodes.
The Italian conqueror in Rhodes – summary
The people of Rhodes were hurt by the Turkish slave, hoped to be free even after four centuries. Neither then were they able to throw away the conquerors because some months ago before Greece has been free from Balkans war of 1912 the islands of Dodekanisso were captured by Italians. So, it began a new […]
Kleovoulos Rodios
Known as Kleovoulos Lindios. He lived in Rhodes in 6th century before Christ in ancient city of Lindos. He came from a royal family and he was son of Evagoras. He had a robust shape and he believed that he was descendant of Hercules. He was travelling to Egypt, where he learnt philosophy and wrote […]
Althemenis
Althemenis was the son of Katreas, who was son of Minos and succeeded him to the kingship of Crete. Katreas had received a prophecy that we would be killed by the hand of one of his children. He had four children: one son, Althemenis and three daughters, Aeropi, Klimeni and Apimosini. When Althemenis was informed […]
Anastassia the hero of Rhodes
The period of Hippokratia, simultaneously with the battalion of knights fought all the people in order to avoid the conquest of Turks. The warriors had the courage and the brave men and women as well. The knights stood beside the men warriors, took care of them and gave them courage.
Diagoras the Periodonikis
The famous as invincible boxer of the entire world, Diagoras came from an athletic family, the family of Diagoridon. Diagoras struggled in the name of gods and never in any match failed.
The battalion of Knights in Rhodes
As it was said there were a lot of races that was installed in Rhodes, so the Ioannitis Knights arrived in the island from Cyprus, looking for a new shelter for their battalion. For the conquerer of Rhodes Magistros Fuk de Villare and Vin Vinioi cooperated in asking money aid from England and France.
The legendary ‘Behold is Rhodes, behold is the leap’
Wherever you go in Greece, when you mention that your ancestry is from the beautiful island of Rhodes, someone will probably ask you where does the phrase ‘Behold is Rhodes, behold is the leap’ originate and everyone is waiting for a response concerning the wild life that takes place during the summer months in the […]
The Colossus of Rhodes
After the death of Alexander the Great, the state was partitioned by his major generals. One of them, Antigonus, asked for help from the Rhodians to fight the other generals, with whom he disagreed. But they refused because they wanted to keep peace with everyone. That was the reason they got angry with Antigonus and […]
The Colossus of Rhodes
According to mythology, the Rhodians always worshiped the God Sun, who stood by them as their protector.
Peony of Rhodes
If someone makes a walk in the forests of Rhodes, to the mountain of Prophet Elias or Agios Nectarios, he will meet a beautiful and spectacular wildflower. It is called peony and specifically “Peony of Rhodes.”
Monastery of Taxiarcho Michael Tharri
THE MONASTERY The Monastery devoted to archangelos of Tharreno since 1916 is without monks and in 1989 the abbot Amfilochios Troukos and now Metropolitan of New Zeeland founded the fraternity of Tharrios.
Holly Monastery of Madonna Ipseni
Looking the way to the Monastery While all people consider that Rhodes is a vacation place full of beautiful seaside and roads full of people, we shall show you another route. The route is among the green mountain, full of pictures and noises of the nature that accompany you towards the Holly Monastery of Madonna […]