How Ancient Athens Changed the World

Ancient Athens changed the world in more ways than one. Let's find out this city transformed history as we know it.
Also, subtitles are also available in Greek! Υπάρχουν διαθέσιμοι υπότιτλοι στα ελληνικά 🇬🇷
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[@papertoyss]

The ancient Greek god Zeus was also called as _Zeus Xenios_ ('xenos' means stranger) bcoz he was considered the protector of strangers. So the ancient Greeks had to offer hospitality to strangers and this continues to this very day.

[@moutsatsosa]

The word xenos defines the individual that is part of the collective of the peoples that decent from the same apes therefore sharing common anthropological characteristics but not of the same city as the person using said epithet.In the neo Greek language this notion defines the foreigner.

[@TAGMATAGMATON]

You got it all wrong! (Philo)xenia by its ancient greek meaning refers to the practice of hosting and treating a fellow GREEK person from another place of the GREEK region while in travel or business and only for a few days. Under that notion every other strangers f.e. an egyptian or a former slave or a Skythian were not accepted in the house of a greek but rather stayed in the city surroundings aνd in some cases even paying a kind of tax. Spartans used to get rid of strangers even beatting them out othe city limits when stayed longer than they were allowed to preserve and protect their way of life, a practice called ΞΕΝΗΛΑΣΙΑ (xenilasia = cast out the non citizens).

[@papertoyss]

​@@TAGMATAGMATON In the ancient Greek literature there're many references that describe this custom *applying to non Greeks as well.* Yet, even if it didnt apply to them (which it did), as the centuries were passing by and with paganism fading, this habbit remained and applies to everybody exactly as we witness it today. None leaves a Cretan house without receiving hospitality, and if you know the Cretans, they are so persistent that you feel you have to stay. These are the origins of the Greek hospitality in general, like it or not.

[@nikosfarma5643]

Οτι δείχνανε στεγνά τους Εβραίους στους Γερμανούς στην Κατοχή δεν το ήξερες? Ποια φιλοξενία? Να ξεκολλήσουμε κάνα δολάριο από κάνα τουρίστα θεμε μόνο, όταν του χρεώνουν 20€ τη σαλάτα και 100€ την κούρσα για το αεροδρόμιο. Χώρια που η Αστυνομία δεν εμποδίζει την κάθοδο στην Ελλάδα το καλοκαίρι χιλιάδων πορτοφωλαδων από τα Βαλκάνια. Η φιλοξενία ως ανώτερη ηθική στάση ζωής έχει λήξει προ πολλού. Τελικά από ποιο γαλαξία ήρθες?

[@sabysoto2095]

Athena is a place full of History and full of loving people ❤

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Agreed! It’s truly a remarkable city

[@fatboi6917]

amazing first episode! as an Athenian you did a great job of representing our city!

[@user-tt5wt4ng6m]

I loved it! Fantastic work!! I still don’t understand why so many travel KZbinrs recommend to skip this glorious city. I always enjoy history through your stories. Congratulations Ariel!!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yea it puzzles me too. Athens is amazing! I'm so happy you enjoyed this episode :D

[@v4v777]

As an Athenian, I can tell you why... because Athens as a whole sucks big time... it has individual/specific places that are awesome and magical... but as a whole its a monstrosity of a city... it could have been one of the Best cities of the world, because the flat area that it stands on, surrounded by mountains, and balanced climate makes it perfect place to live in.... but ignorant humans in positions of governmental power (specially the last 60-70 years), made the city this ugly concrete monster that it is today... with buildings put all over the place without any thought or city-design behind it.... ...everyone just raised these concrete buildings wherever the hell they wanted.... making it kinda like a labyrinth city..there is no planning whatsoever for the layout of the city..(except maybe for few places)... all the rest is just Anarchic placed buildings, all over the place, which can make anyone get lost easily in it... its a hive....a hive with too much traffic and pollution. If you look it from an elevated position and imagine how it looked in Ancient times... you can see that then was a paradise compared to how it looks today. In Ancient times it was a city immersed in Nature, with lots of green, trees and rivers flowing through it, protected by the mountains that surround it.... just a magical place.... ...and today it looks like a concrete cancerous thing that had grown on Earth, when you look it from the sky.... The only way saving Athens is by leveling it completely..(apart from the area around Acropolis) and building it from scratch with a good city-planning behind it.... and make it a city not for the 5 millions that live today... but for half of that, or less.... its not a sane thing to have the half of all the Greek population living in this one city.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

@@v4v777 I will be getting into why Athens is so chaotically built and the plague of the Polykatoikia in Episode 3 and 4 ;)

[@gr3k21]

you are amazing!!!as an Athenian i have to give you major respect

[@nicolebaab]

Amazing first episode 🙌🏻 this could have been easily a documentary I would have watched on Netflix or Amazon. Now I’m super hyped to learn more about Athens and get deeper insights in their history and culture.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay!! I'm so happy it matches the quality of Netflix or Amazon, that's amazing to hear

[@barbiovan1805]

I really want to travel to Greece!! Thank you, well done!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay! Hope you get to visit Greece :D and so glad you enjoyed it!

[@MbikeGreece]

As Athenians, we say congrats on your video. Excellent work!

[@larakrof8640]

Great job , love Greece❤

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Greece truly is the best 🥰

[@maryannbenedetti7508]

Loved it. Can’t wait until next one. Amazing sites of the city.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay, I'm glad you're excited for the next one!!

[@MsLobobob]

Ariel. This is wonderful work. You are so at ease in this setting which in turn relaxes us, while you enrich us with relevant applied history. I think it is because you are so comfortable there, and yet so 'culture-curious' at the same time, that this work draws the viewer in absolutely. At least, it does THIS viewer! Cannot wait till episode 2 ❤

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

oooh MsLob, this is so wonderful to hear! Yes, I did feel relaxed here and so glad it came through in this episode. So excited for Episode 2 too!

[@user-nb2em9wz2v]

@@UrbanistExploringCities Better than Italy. Italy is full of ancient and the same theme is repeating. These huge buildings can't let people breathe. And many European cities have the same old style which might be melancholic for many people.

[@Hectorsanchez12331]

Wow! Now that's one of the great videos that I've seen on KZbin lately. Thanks to Ariel, Maria, Keterina and Ioanna

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Ooh man you’re so kind! Thank you so much for watching!!

[@Travel_plus_adventure]

I loved Athens when I visited. A lot of ppl skip Athens but its a really great city. Great documentary

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Athens totally shouldn’t be skipped! I’m glad you enjoyed visiting

[@Firestorm055x]

I can’t wait, I will be eating popcorn and skittles while watching the premiere!😃

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yes!! Glad you're taking out the popcorn, I'll be doing the same. But instead of skittles, I'm doing Reese's Pieces!

[@Firestorm055x]

@@UrbanistExploringCities LOL Ariel 😂

[@ssadvweld1]

@@Firestorm055x @UrbanistExploring Cities Beware of food coloring

[@SteliosIfantis-gn1dn]

Very nice video. Thank you. Ευχαριστώ

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Also, subtitles are also available in Greek! Υπάρχουν διαθέσιμοι υπότιτλοι στα ελληνικά 🇬🇷

[@daveexploring4512]

To Ariel and the production team, fantastic job and look forward to the rest of the series. I hope you get the recognition it deserves. All the best, you're expat Greek friends Dave & Jo.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Dave & Jo, it was such a pleasure seeing your side of Athens, excited to premiere Episode 4 :D Thanks for watching!!

[@barbiovan1805]

Thanks Ariel, well done! I now want to travel to Greece!!

[@AmbientWalking]

Very interesting to see the world through your eyes. Really love the experience. Thank you so much for expanding my mind! : )

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

That’s awesome to hear!

[@solitary_senpai8653]

that thing with the water and the wine still lives on especially where im from. In my family we are saying "μήνας που δεν έχει 'ρ' βάλε στο κρασί νερό", "on a month that hasnt an 'r', pour water on your wine". So that goes for the months of may, june, july, august, as one can tell those are the months with the more heat. We usually do it with ice and/or cold water from the fridge so it has changed from what the ancients were doing, we just kinda adapted it. Another interesting fact is that there is a "movement" the last couple of years that retsina is becoming more and more popular among the younger generations. Retsina is a kind of white wine from the ancient times, where you put resin in the wine for it to be preserved better and it gives a bit of an aroma. Its interesting cause in southern greece especially, only the old generation were drinking it, but now its a staple for the younger generation along with tsipouro. If i could guess its because they are both fairly cheaper than any other wine or spirit on the tavernas so for us younger broke folks its a good alternative to get drunk. We usually consume tsipouro during the cold months because its a hard liquor and retsina in the hot months because its light and refreshing and they both go hard with some kind of grilled meat. If you want to eat seafood pair it with ouzo, that shit slaps ,but be prepared for it to get you drunk very quickly and without you realising it. Anyways that was my TED comment about the alcoholic beverages in Greece.

[@Hectorsanchez12331]

The best description and explanation Agreed 100%

[@mariavega2517]

It was really educational. Loved it.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

I'm so happy you learned something from this episode, that's great to hear

[@veroniquevero22]

This is a beautiful documentary about Athens, I loved it, Thank you for putting in All the effort Ariel! Congratulations 🎊 👏

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

thank you so much for watching Veronique!!

[@giannispets]

Very nice video. Ευχαριστουμε Ariel !

[@aggelikizago7189]

Congratulations Ariel, Maria Keridou and Katerina Kakou!

[@marionkeridu]

Ευχαριστούμε!!!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay, thank you so much for watching!!

[@MrNixtt]

Amazing work. Informative, educational, artistic amazing. I hope you will go back in future ❤

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Yay thank you!! I do love Athens and will be going back again at some point 🙏

[@Daniel-yb7mx]

This will be so fun to see, I am excited to see the series about Athens

[@LAbee333]

Next best thing to being there😅

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

i'm so happy you enjoyed it Daniel!

[@maritkjn505]

It was amazing ☺

[@ioanna_dwg]

amazing work! congratulations to the whole team! can’t wait for the rest of the series 👏🏽

[@marionkeridu]

yay😊

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay, thanks for watching Ioanna!

[@olegzhilyaev6717]

This is fantastic! Great job of Ariel and the Urbanist team. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay Oleg, I appreciate you watching!

[@Marcela_Souza]

I liked it very well 10/10 that’s wonderful 😁👏🏻

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Yay!! So glad you liked it!

[@Jenniferobrien]

Seriously, why isn't this on Netflix or BBC, cannot wait to watch there one day and say I knew him when! :)

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Jen! That means so much, thank you thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed this!

[@glennybarkedalot4572]

Wow! This was awesome, Ariel! The shots are gorgeous! I loved the added text and the diagrams and the old pictures. I remember it was super hot when you filmed this…and everyone seems to be so at ease with it. I loved at the beginning the clips of you walking down all the different streets. And my favourite words….athenians live IN their history. Can’t wait for episode two!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Oooh so glad you appreciate the diagrams and pictures 🙏 and yeah the Greeks can handle the heat lol. I really love the heat too. I’m so glad you’re excited for Episode 2!

[@neboul]

Fantatic job Ariel and crew. I’m really happy to know you. I love Ariel walking in the beginning of the video. I look forward to the next episode. Very well done and informative. Thank you so much

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

I really appreciate that, Neboul! 🙏 I hope to one day make The South of France Urbanist series

[@SteliosE92]

I have a special place in my heart for Athens. To me, its the most beautiful city in the world. And in this video, I see what I love most and you guys show it in the realest way. Thank you, great video

[@blueisland24]

Very informative video about Athens!

[@christinecollins6648]

Very exciting- love this production, Ariel

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Yay!! I’m glad you’re excited!!

[@cindygreif3077]

Bravo, Ariel! Enjoyed that very much. Looking forward to the next episode. 🇬🇷

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Cindy, that means a lot, thanks so much for watching. See you next Thursday at 7:00pm!

[@alexiarose7356]

You are really good,you should do it professionally!!Greetings from Thessaloniki GR!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Thank you! I can’t wait to visit Thessaloniki again 🙏

[@chriskoukou9615]

Wonderful work Ariel! Congratulations!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Thank you so much Chris!!

[@Jenniferobrien]

Love this so much! Great job and cannot wait to see this hopefully on Netflix soon 😍

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Thank you so very much Jen 🙏 Netflix here I come!

[@belindaraymer255]

Great information. Very good presentation. Looking forward to the series.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

I'm so happy you enjoyed it Belinda :D

[@mickabackhome2997]

This was awesome Ariel 👍🏻😃 so many interesting facts I didn’t know 🇬🇷🏛️🏺Congratulations to this (first) episode Ariel, Maria and Katerina 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🩷

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

thank you Micka! I'm so happy you enjoyed this so much :D

[@Its_me_ludo.]

Ariel, I really enjoyed the first part of your Athens documentary. Very well made. Already looking forward to discovering the next parts. Regards. Ludo.

[@beachbum8888]

Looking forward to your doc

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

I'm so glad you're excited, that is wonderful to hear!

[@goldengirl54]

Excellent! Tuning in each week for the next chapter. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌹

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay, glad you're excited to tune in each week

[@emelies272]

Wonderful work Ariel and team! Can't wait to see the other episodes!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Thank you so very much Emelie 🙏

[@georgeglez]

Beautifully done! Love the camera shots and the short informative format. That would definitely bring more people to watch. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

I’m glad you enjoyed how straight to the point it was!

[@supanyc]

I thoroughly enjoyed this first episode! Excellent work, everyone involved in making this. I'll probably re-watch it soon.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

this is excellent! I'm so happy you enjoyed this first episode :D

[@wendym5137]

Amazing awesome Ariel and crew 🌟 👏 so proud! I enjoyed what an achievement yay 🎶 👍 👀 can't wait for the next one 💜

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Wendy! Thanks so much for watching, I really appreciate it :D

[@marcydavis2037]

Ariel! What a fantastic job you and your team have done. So professional. The doc is fascinating and unique. Can't wait to see the rest. Kudos to you and wishing you all the best.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Hey Marcy, I’m so glad you find the doc fascinating 🙏 that is wonderful to hear!

[@maureenescobar1025]

I’m truly impressed!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

I'm so glad you're impressed :D

[@mranthonyryan]

Ariel, you're a natural host! I was really impressed. Looking forward to the rest of the series and future projects!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

that means a lot! I'm glad you enjoyed me as a host, that's wonderful to hear

[@vask3863]

Fun fact: "Yamas" (Γειά μας) or "Stin ygeia mas" (Στην υγεία μας) means "To our health".

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

That’s right!

[@kaymarrow]

OMG brilliant , congratulations to all involved. X

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Kay! Thank you so much for watching and for your contribution 🙏 I hope you’re recovering well from your surgery

[@LAbee333]

🎉 congratulations on an excellent documentary🎉 cannot wait for the next installments yes we'll definitely binge watch them 😊

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yay!! so glad you want to binge this series :D

[@Scandi007]

Ariel and team, great job on this production! I very much look forward to the rest of the series. Just wonderful to watch and learn and to see you excel! Blessings to you and your crew and to more wonderful projects like this.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

That means so much! It’s awesome that you’re excited for the rest of the series 🙏

[@Maxime_K-G]

I love these, I'm heading off to Athens tomorrow! Amazing work, love your personality and the production value. It's a shame the shorts seem to mess with the algorithm so these videos do not get recommended as much as they should.

[@kristinlz4]

So good!! Thanks!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

w00t! thanks for watching!

[@colleen4062]

Just Wonderful Thank you 👋👋👍🙏

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Colleen! thanks so much for watching :D

[@ronr2733]

Great! Watched your live streams from Greece. Love the coloring, editing and music. Should be listed as sociology and travel 👍

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

I’m glad you loved the coloring, editing, and music!!

[@suemcleavy2571]

Ariel! Loving this documentary!! Very insightful and piques my interest in Athens even more. Can’t wait for the next episode. Great job to you and your team. 🥰🥰

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Excellent news! That this piques your interest in Athens 🙌

[@linalina9657]

Amazing video ❤️❤❤❤❤❤

[@billscott]

Bravo

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

thank you!!

[@steliosioannou2800]

Ariel well done! Fantastic jop, from all your team producing so well Athens town and people culture - 🎉

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Yay!! So glad you enjoyed the hard work we put into this 🙏

[@sabysoto2095]

It’s starting 😊😊😊😊

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yes!!

[@khaleelkhan4556]

Amazing video bro ❤ need more Greek tour's

[@rameezmalik3195]

loved urbanist before and it just got even better!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

oh yes it's getting a shiny upgrade 😎

[@artiora]

Fantastic video, so fun to watch. Also do you planning to go istanbul in future by any chance?

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

So glad you enjoyed it! And yea I hope to go to Istanbul soon, I went once before (before making videos) and I loved it

[@beachbum8888]

This is fascinating others should enjoy the tour as well

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

oooh that's good to hear!

[@anujain]

Very nice video🎉

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Many many thanks

[@ozz33nyc87]

Great Job Ariel !!!! Looking forward to the other episodes.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Thank you so very much!! I’m excited to release the rest of the episodes too!!

[@Panos835]

Good one my friend! Enjoyed watching Athens like many old cities is very interesting and so complicated in a way, stuck in the past but also has a unique way embracing its progress Subscribed to your channel

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Thank you! I appreciated you watching 🙏 in upcoming episodes you’ll see how Athens hastily modernized in the 1900s to its benefit and detriment

[@grigolilemr8856]

Hi Ariel! Yet another video on Athens, yet more comparisons better Athens and Tbilisi. Different in many ways of course, but the history, the filoxenia, the castles and climate and landmarks, the mix of eras and architectures and flavors, not to mention the shared histories and mythologies between Georgians and Greeks such as Prometheus and Medea and Jason and the Argonauts. Orthodoxy as well, which cannot be ignored. I feel that here is your next logical trip!

[@drAgonheart580]

LIke Aries says stay curious !

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

always stay curious!

[@angelam874]

Excellent 🤩🤩🤩👏👏👏

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Yay!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SOFIAGIALAMA-iv6eg]

Καταπληκτική δουλειά!!Και ο Λάνθιμος κάπως έτσι ξεκίνησε!!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

ευχαριστώ!! I’m so happy you enjoyed this documentary and I’m so honored that you think I’m starting around the same place that Lanthimos started ☺️

[@georgepapadimas3523]

Ariel : loved episode 1. Looking forward to episode 2 !!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Yay, episode 2 is going to be a fun ride!

[@maureenescobar1025]

I’m so proud of your dream!

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

so happy you enjoyed it!

[@jasonjente6793]

11:30, actually there is a saying: Εν Αθήναις which is actually plural and totally lines with what the guide told you

[@Thanos_Kyriakopoulos]

We have to celebrate our differences... 🎼🎵🎶

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Yes we have to in order to come together! 🙌

[@camilofuentealba4808]

Do you list the places in the video? That restaurant at the beginning looks wonderful. Many thanks 🙏🏽

[@sabysoto2095]

Like 👍 & Share ❤

[@Cashisking464]

Athens is my happy place

[@akarayan]

Fun fact 1: Athena was named after Athens. Athens was named before the goddess and she was named after the city as she was its patron. Fun fact 2: In proto-Indo-European, the sky god was called Deyus Pater (literally “sky father”). Over the millennia, this morphed into Zeus in Greek, Dyaus, in Sanskrit, and Jupiter in Latin.

[@Hectorsanchez12331]

The "Fun" is when someone calls an opinion "fact" because in fact the scientists still argue whether Athena was named after the City or Vice Versa. In my opinion Athens was named after Goddess Athena. Because there is approximate date in founding a City which we can not say the same with Athena of course. Because she was Goddess? Maybe... Maybe this is only a feritail written by the famous poets but still no approximate date when reading about Athena or Zeus. There is also another detail to consider: We know thousands of cities named after Saint, God, goddess, hero or famous persons. And that is a normal tradition in all over the world but very rarely we can find a person have a city's name. :) Aspecially Goddess or God??? Finally, I agree with a guide. Not always the beautiful, young ladies are less aducated than old scientists. With all respect to elderly people who have the same age with me. :)

[@skullandbones1832]

💙

[@wardarcade7452]

11:30- There is debate as to whether Athens was named for the Greek goddess Athena OR whether Athena was named for the city of Athens. However, according to legend, Athena gave the city an olive tree (and they used olives for everything from salads to cooking oil, lamp oil, chariot wheel grease and even soap so they thought that was very practical to have! BTW, olive trees still grow in the city of Athens AND owls are found within the foliage hooting while happily gobbling olives. Owls were considered Athena's mascot bird.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Interesting, I know it’s debated why the city was named Athens, but didn’t realize that the name of the city could pre-date the naming of the goddess 🧐

[@v4v777]

Well.. in truth...There is no debate whatsoever... Athens was named after the Goddess Athena. Period. The only debate was when it was about for the city to get its name. According to mythology, the debate was whether is would be named after Poseidon, or Athena. It is said that the city is named after the goddess Athena, after her fight with the God of the sea Poseidon to bring out the best gift each had for the city. Specifically, the first king of Athens, Cecrops, (who was half man and half snake), had to decide who would be the protector of the city. The two gods, Poseidon and Athena, would each give a gift to Cecrops and whoever did the best would become the patron. They both appeared before Cecrops and first Poseidon struck his trident on the ground and a stream of gurgling water appeared. Then Athena struck her spear on the ground and a small olive tree appeared. Cecrops was surprised but also impressed by Athena's gift and decided to choose her gift and her as the protector of the city. This is how Athens got its name. But Poseidon, angry with Cecrops, cursed Athens to never have enough water. Thus, from then on, the problem of water scarcity that plagued Athens began. Today Athens get its water from other places outside of Athens.

[@wardarcade7452]

@@v4v777 No, there IS debate because there are scholars who believe that Athena might have been named for the city of Athens as well as those who believe it was vice versa. Sorry but it's something that's not set in stone.

[@v4v777]

@@wardarcade7452 lol.. Yeah.. like there is also the Debate that the Earth is Flat... because some of us believe that it is.... whos to tell anyway what is Black...and what is White... i will decide about that.😁

[@Hectorsanchez12331]

😁 So what was your point in the first place? Is it about olives and how we produce the oil from it? I suggest to watch and enjoy this beautiful video and let the true professionals do their job. It is very easy for us sitting comfortably on our couch and playing educated with just collecting some information from google.

[@Pan472]

For the variation on the population of Athens, that is also due for the population of the country as a whole, as the census didn't record a lot of people once again. I personally know dozens who haven't been recorded. And my village in western Greece hasn't been recorded almost at all.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

That explains so much! Because everyone kept telling me different numbers, and even online the numbers don’t agree

[@Pan472]

@@UrbanistExploringCities Exactly. If you don't have concrete data, there will be intense speculation. Even for our transit network, figures rely, and that only partially, to ticket validations, giving figures of e.g. 1.5 million for the metro, while it's easily much more for anyone who has ridden it...

[@elenigeorgiou87]

Can I just say that you look Greek? I loved the food tour of Athens 👏🏼

[@skoy21]

So, the wine cutting with water thing. We have 2 words for wine that we use today interchangeably, but mostly we use the "Κρασί", the other one is "Οίνος". We drink "κρασί", but the place where wine is made is called "οινοποιείο" (οίνος makery). But these words don't actually mean the same. "Κρασί" comes from the word "άκρατος" without the reducing a in the beginning, which (άκρατος) actually means "pure", "unmixed", "unadulterated", among other meanings. "Κρασί" is actually the "οίνος" that is mixed with water. Για τους Έλληνες, το "βάλε νερό στο κρασί σου" είναι λάθος, γιατί το κρασί είναι ο οίνος με νερό.

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

1:06 Naxos?

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

yea, you have a good eye!

[@Stelios.Posantzis]

I thought it couldn't be as this was a video about Athens but then I thought, hang on a second, surely this is it so I checked again to be sure@@UrbanistExploringCities. The breakwall you see there I have never seen from that angle because it's rather new so it's rather unfamiliar to me. Here's a bit of trivia: It was built after 2005 when the old one was destroyed during a huge storm that rode over it and nearly destroyed the town. The waves were so huge that they crashed onto the island you were standing on when filming and went over onto the top of it. People feared they would topple the great marble temple entrance that sits on top (right behind you). The old breakwall was jet black and quite smaller in height and width - that's why I'm not familiar with the new one's looks. I think it was made from some sort of granite but maybe that was just hearsay. Anyway, people did not really like the looks of the new one (which was made of marble or some kind of whitish rock) as they were used to the looks of the old one. As you can see it is slowly turning black too, so maybe the old one was built from the same kind of rock too and turned black with age. In the old breakwall, it was possible to walk on it somehow (more like rock climbing) and reach all the way to the port light at the edge, which is something we liked to do as kids. Somehow I think this is much harder to do now on the new one and certainly not pleasant at all.

[@dianamarietv4479]

Love your videos however, isn’t Damascus the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world? Then there’s Jericho. Perhaps you meant in Europe.

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

this is the old continuously inhabited neighborhood (not city) specifically, as far as I was able to find :)

[@kiriakosnikolaidis9853]

Γειά σου φίλε μου αριελ

[@UrbanistExploringCities]

Γεια σου Κίρα! ευχαριστώ πολύ για την παρακολούθηση!

[@someinteresting]

Well, ancient wine was very thick, like a concentrate. So, more or less what we drink today is their version of wine mixed with water.

[@GIANNHSPEIRAIAS]

ancient greece is probably the most important civilization for the western way of life which is ironic considering the stated of modern greeks they seem to have lost their way

[@themistoklis]

yamas to moderation...proceeds to down the whole glass of wine 🤣

[@ommanipadmehung3014]

Dionysis is the patron God of the current Greek culture. Might be Jesus on a surface level but the essence of the culture is very much dionysis through and through.

[@theperiegete]

Good work but you should do more research regarding history. For example while the visit of Apostle Paul is celebrated in reality there's no historical proof of this visit, Areopagus for example wasn't accessible to public but only to the Judges and who committed a very serious crime (principally manslaughter), in another story about Paul if we base in ecclesiastic history they say that he visited Pnyx and had a speech to the assembly of the Athenians, but that would be impossible for two reasons. Athens as a federated City state during the Roman dominion kept its type of governance and apart from the Athenian citizens of legal age probably only a Roman emperor or Consul would be acceptable as a visitor, it's impossible for someone that wasn't Athenian to participate, but the most important proof that this story is false is that since the Hellenistic times the Athenian Demos assembly wasn't in Pnyx as in the time of Pericles but in the theatre of Dionysus. The Greeks didn't adopted christianity of their own will, the Eastern Roman emperors enforced the adoption of this state religion with force and draconian legislation, many of the so called Saints by the orthodox and catholic church like Saint Nicholas for example were destroying ancient temples and statues which they considered houses of demons, Christianity destroyed the 97% of Ancient Greek literature. The reason they built the churches over ancient temples was from one part the rhetoric that they were destroying the houses of demons consecrating them to God and from the other to take the energy of the location, as all Ancient Greek temples were built in locations that were very special about their energy and that is something you feel it even today when you visit them.

[@TheHelenatroyess]

I agree

[@greca8699]

Exactly

[@maramariahlibertson5621]

the ancient Athens is alive and will be for ever....but Idon't think that the Greeks continue to be the descendants of the ancient population

[@Hectorsanchez12331]

I agree We can also say it for almost all countries. Especially countries and the people with such a big history. History full of glory and triumph along with failure and defeat

[@chavita4321]

this man is so white. american. bland. but he is able to make people feel with him.

[@yvonne530]

Zacharias Papantoniou (Greek: Ζαχαρίας Παπαντωνίου) was a Greek writer. He was born in Karpenissi of Evrytania in February 1877 and died in Athens in 1940. He spent the first years of his life in Granitsa, where his father was a teacher. Apart from a writer, he was also a journalist. Many of the works of Zacharias Papantoniou, unfortunately, are censored because they tell the truth on Greek history. In that censored group is also the book, ''The King Otto''. Below we state a fragment from this book: ''The young Prince for first time come in Athens on January 25, 1833, he hardly heard anyone speak in Greek and so he asked: "Where are the Greeks in Athens?" His court looked at each other and answered: "There are no Greeks, but do not be troubled because this Albanian population will always be faithful to your monarchy." After osmanic cadastral registers from the XV-XVI century, more than 95% of the population was Albanian and less than 5% Helens in Greece. Zeus was a Pelasgian, not a Helen. After Illyad, the language of Gods was Gheg, North Albanian Dialect. (Herodotus) The works of the great poet, Homer, are filled with words that not only survive in Albanian but continue to be used. From Homer, you can get not only words but also phrases that possess all the signs of a typical Albanian expression. If someone were to interpret Homer from the Albanian language perspective, much light would be shed on the works of that famous poet. Between Homeric and Albanian sentences, there is a striking resemblance in expression, phraseology, and sentence structure. A study of this nature would help interpret Homer, since the Albanian language is older than that of Greece (Science Magazine 2023), much can be learned about the influence of this [Albanian] on Homeric and later Greek. Title: Unconquerable Albania Author : Christ Anton Lepon Publisher: Chicago, Albanian Liberation Committee, 1944

[@SteliosIfantis-gn1dn]

🤣🤣🤣 There are many versions called "research" from different countries. Especially countries in which interest the "research" will work. I also write some feritails. But not with such a big fantasy. Well done to whom ever wrote it, legalised, registered and even published. That's a true democracy

[@yvonne530]

@SteliosIfantis-gn1dn "Mother took me in her arms and we left. We didn't go far. On a whim of her own, she decided on the neighbouring island of Hydra, but also its rival, its irreconcilable opponent, Spetsai. It stood for the idea that our enemies could treat us no worse than our friends. At least in Spetsai we spoke Arvanitika, i.e. Albanian, our language. My mother, my father, I were, in fact, Greek without being so. Greeks in heart, in spirit, in faith, in ideals, of course, Greeks in sacrifice since we gave our lives for Greece, but not Greeks by blood. I am actually Arvanite, Albanian. Our race, from the earliest times it has existed, has had different names. Are we Pelasgians, Illyrians? Is our language directly derived from Sanskrit as scholars say? I only know that we came to the Balkans thousands of years ago and spread to colonies throughout Greece. Hydra is Albanian, Spetsai is Albanian." __________________________ Title: La Bouboulina Author: Michel, prince de Grèce Publisher: Ed. de la Seine, Paris, 2002

[@SteliosIfantis-gn1dn]

Please... I mean, I appreciate your effort and I always admire educated people but. I'm sorry for saying that you are on a wrong path. Can you please refer when the first writings were found in Albanian language? And then the first writings in Greek language? Why is such a big difference? Yes. There were and still are some famous people who lived and served other countries. They even loved the countries they lived more than the country of their origin. I can bring millions of examples. Yes. There were many nations who had and stil have qoncuered and occupied other countries. And I know about the Great Albania. You even went to the caspian sea but does it mean that there were no population there before? I mean is it logical that territories like Mediterranean or Caucasus with all the great conditions of living were not have their own habitats with their own culture and language? And waiting for Albaninas? I know all the small countries are trying to find their own times of glory and they are making their own stories. But tell me please: is there anywhere, anytime or anyone ever said that pleasgians for example were Albanians? Why not Arnenians? Or Georgians? Or even obvious : Greeks? What ever it was for sure it does not have any conection with today's Albania. So if you change language, culture and flag it will give you totally other country. Especially when we are saying that there were all speaking different languages back there. Believe me, it will take us to nowhere. Because before the Pelasgians there were Homo Sapiens and before the Homo sapiens there were: I don't want to mention because The Animal rights will sue me :)

[@yvonne530]

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