ELENA PAPARIZOU _ NUMBER ONE

You're my lover
Undercover
You're my secret passion and I have no other

You're delicious
So capricious
If I find out you don’t want me I'll be vicious

Say you love me
And you'll have me
In your arms forever and I won't forget it

Say you miss me
Come and kiss me
Take me up to heaven and you won't regret it

You are the one
You're my number one
The only treasure I'll ever have
You are the one
You're my number one
Anything for you 'cause you're the one I love

You're my lover
Undercover
You're my secret passion and I have no other

You're a fire
And desire
When I kiss your lips, you know, you take me higher

You're addiction
My conviction
You're my passion, my relief, my crucifixion

Never leave me
And believe me
You will be the sun into my raining season

Never leave me
And believe me
In my empty life you'll be the only reason

You are the one
You're my number one
The only treasure I'll ever have
You are the one
You're my number one
Anything for you 'cause you're the one I love

You're my lover
Undercover
You're my secret passion and I have no other

You are the one
You're my number one
The only treasure I'll ever have
You are the one
You're my number one
Anything for you 'cause you're the one I love

You're my lover
Undercover
You're my secret passion and I have no other

FESTIVAL AND EVENTS

Folk culture in the area of Drama, just as throughout the rest of northern Greece, is of particular interest not only because the richness and distinctiveness of its various forms but also of the fact that elements of ancient Greek and Byzantine tradition have survived or resonate in it even today.
It should be stressed in the most flattering of ways that the residents of Drama show a particular respect for their local traditions which have remained unimpaired in this border area and through difficult times, through slavery and machinations of other nations. The same respect for tradition is shown by those people uprooted from Eastern Thrace, Pontus and other areas where Greeks once lived who found a home and acceptance in the area of Drama, making it their home away from home as creative members of the local community.
The days around the Epiphany are of particular interest in terms of local customs with a large number of events and happenings taking place with fancy dress playing an important role combined with bells, song, dance, inventive performance and various re-enactments.
The following day, 8th January, in the same village, a local wedding is reenacted. The same day "Bears" come out onto the streets, in other words men dressed up in complete fleeces. It should be noted that in Volakas this day is dedicated to "Mammi" (the midwife) who is brought various gifts by mothers. This is a custom which retains elements from similar ceremonies performed in ancient times with strong fertility characteristics such as the feasts of Thesmophoria and Aloa.
During the twelve days of Christmas in villages where there is a strong presence of refugees from Pontus (Sitagri and so on) a common form of celebration are the Momo-yeri, a form a popular, traditional theatre which is now a form of entertainment but which in its original form was aimed at bringing prosperity to the village and it residents during the new year.

THALES OF MILETUS

The Greek philosopher, Thales was born around 624BC, the son of Examyes and Cleobuline. While some believe his lineage was Phoenician, most consider him to be Milesian (Miletus, Asia Minor, now Turkey). He came from a distinguished family.
He was an engineer, scientist, mathematician, and philosopher, the first natural philosopher in the Milesian School. It is also thought that he was the teacher of Anaximander (611 BC - 545 BC). There are those who believe he wrote a book on navigation, but there is little evidence of such a tome. In fact, if he wrote any works at all, they did not even survive until the time of Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC). Whether the book ever existed, Thales probably did define the constellation Ursa Minor.
Seven Sages
Despite the fact that much of what is known about thalse is pure hear-say, he was definitely well respected in ancient Greece, being the only philosopher before Socrates to be among the Seven Sages.
There are reports that Thales predicted an eclipse of the Sun in 585 BC. While the 19 year cycle for Lunar eclipses was well known by this time, solar eclipses were harder to predict, since they were visible from different locations on Earth. Most likely, if he did make such a predictipon, it was a lucky guess based on experience saying that another eclipse was due.
After the eclipse on 28 May, 585 BC Herodotus wrote, "Day was all of a sudden changed into night. This event had been foretold by Thales, the Milesian, who forewarned the Ionians of it, fixing for it the very year in which it took place. The Medes and Lydians, when they observed the change, ceased fighting, and were alike anxious to have terms of peace agreed on."
Impressive Bu Human
Thales is often credited with some impressive work with geometry. It is said he measured the heights of pyramids by measuring their shadows and could determine the distances of ships from shore. How much of our knowledge of Thales is accurate is anyone's guess. Most of what we know is due to Aristotle who wrote in his Metaphysics: "Thales of Miletus taught that 'all things are water'." Apparently Thales believed the Earth floated in water and everything came from water.
Like the absent minded professor stereotype we know of today, Thales has been described in both glowing and derogatory tales. One story, told by Aristotle, says Thales used his skills to predict that the next season's olive crop would be bountiful. He then purchased all the olive presses and made a fortune when the prediction came true. Plato, on the other hand, told a story of how one night Thales was gazing at the sky as he walked and fell into a ditch. There was a pretty servant girl nearby who came to his rescue, then said to him "How do you expect to understand what is going on up in the sky if you do not even see what is at your feet".
Thales died about 547 BC in Miletus, Asia Minor (now Turkey).

INTRODUCTION

this blog was created to talk about this old country...called GREECE
we will explore all the country...we will see its food, people, culture and landscapes. we will go back to the past to see the greek mitology.