"Let us not forget that Europe began in Greece. The idea of the European continent as a cultural unity dates back to ancient Greece in more ways than one.For a start, the Hellenes were the first people to define themselves as "western" as opposed to "eastern". (...) Ancient Greece really was different from the states and cultures that surrounded it, and its achievements defined a specifically European way of seeing the world. Greek literary and artistic forms would shape Europe in a way they did not shape other continents. The nude in art, for example, would be as central to the Renaissance as it was to ancient Athens. Even the mythology of Greece, and its gods, would survive the rise of Christianity to decorate Europe's palaces. Tragic drama would survive and flourish, from Sophocles to Shakespeare.Europeans have rediscovered their Greek legacy again and again, from Marsilio Ficino translating Plato to Picasso confronting the Minotaur. Now that Greece is vilified, its attempt to reassert the democracy that is such a proud creation of ancient Athens is damned as a threat to the eurozone, and a great history of Hellenic Europe is reduced to repeated – and increasingly real – references to an economic "Greek tragedy". What sad times are these." - Amira

Remember what Zeus did to Chronos? Your children aren't always grateful. - Todd Hoff

"Greece is collapsing, the Iranians are getting aggressive, and Rome is in disarray. Welcome back to 430 BC" -- Scott Gilmore at Twitter - Amira

Doesn't seem to be true though. - Todd Hoff

Which part? - Amira

Greece and Rome. - Todd Hoff

I hope you're right ;-) - Amira