You know your greek when.....

You have a cousin called Jim.

You say "sick" every thirty seconds

There are no such things as a girl - there's only "chicks"

You wear or at least own a gold chunky bracelet.

Garlic is considered a main meal.

Olive oil is like a drug - you can't survive without it.

You don't know half your relatives.

You have a wedding at least twice a year.

An uncle's wife's third cousin relates you to a friend.

You or at least most of your uncles own a spit.

You wear sunglasses at night and consider it normal.

There is no five o'clock shadow - it's a five o'clock beard.

You consider soccer the eighth wonder of the world.

Your cheeks receive their weekly work out every time you visit an aunt.

You have a shrine dedicated to Diego Maradona

Your last name ends with: s, opolous, os, as, or is

Your last name consists of the entire alphabet.

You have a relation called Maria, Mario or Michael, Con, George or Bill.

You tell your parents you're seeing someone and they start sending out wedding invitations.

You're home an hour late and you're already listed as a missing person.

You're Dad has those old Greek tapes in the car, and plays them on family drives. Especially in the vicinity of attractive members of the opposite sex.

You break a leg, and your grandmother thinks your life is over.

You tell your parents you're having a party. They buy out the whole supermarket.

It doesn't matter if people can't hear what you're talking about - you talk so much with your hands that people know what you're on about anyway.

You go to a wedding, and take a fancy to one of the guests. Later you discover that the guest is somehow related to you.

You go to a wedding, and are introduced to cousins that you never knew existed.

As far as you're concerned, there's only one sporting goods company - Adidas

You tell your mother you're not hungry and she thinks you have an eating disorder.

You can distinguish between kefalotiri and kefalograviera

You're an adult and are forced to be with your family at 12 midnight on New Year's eve

Upon meeting another Greek, one of your first questions is, "What church do you go to?"

Your grandmother / mother / aunt has a miracle cure for everything.

If you're a girl, your mother still tries to put those pony tail holders with the BIG plastic balls on the end on your hair.

If you're a guy, your mother still tries to make you wear that super frilly dress shirt with that huge bow tie, because it looked so cute when you were 7.

You can name any or all of the gods on Mount Olympus

Your mother or father still feels the need to tell you, "katse kala" in public

You have ever been hit with a pandofla

You can dance kalamatiano, tsiamiko, zebetiko without music

You go to church picnics pretending you're there for reasons other than to check up / gossip about other Greeks

You or a family member has been photographed with a donkey

You are familiar with the phrase, "Sto leo yia to kalo sou"

You have one or more of those porcelain figurines in your house

You have ever broken one of those porcelain figurines and your mother still hasn't forgiven you for it

Your parents make up the name of a street / store / TV show because they couldn't remember it or they couldn't pronounce it

You still get scared when you hear the name "Baboola"

Upon meeting another Greek you try to find out what village they're from

You or a family member wears their Sunday best to go to the laundromat or grocery shopping

You were spanked by your friend's parents because your parents gave them permission to

You go to a wedding or a baptism and complain about the food, but are the first one to ask for a "to go" plate

You know someone who always feels the need to point out how much something they bought costs

You have a bottle of OUZO in your house right now

You have ever been threatened to be eaten by the mavro / baboola / yero / pontiki when you were little

Someone in your family owns any type of restaurant

Your family inheritance includes olive trees

why we are proyd

Why we are proud!

- Because we are European Champions in football & basketball & 2005 Eurovision

- Because we buy whole watermelons and not in slices

- Because nights in Greece finish in the morning

- Because we take our coffee slowly, while smoking and not in "shots"

- Because flirting is our national hobby

- Because sex is our national sport

- Because we are not puritans

- Because we are not racists

- Because we buy whole lambs and not in pieces

- Because we go out almost every night even if we are penniless

- Because we know how to spend better that we know how to save

- Because we never visit others empty handed

- Because there is no way to explain to foreigners what is "kapsoura" (burning desire for someone)

- Because in Greece family is still something valuable

- Because we do not share the petrol with those we take in our cars

- Because we always make it, albeit in the last moment

- Because for the sake of a woman we made war for 10 years (Trojan war)

- Because we are everywhere around the planet Because we love and hate with passion

- Because "filotimo" (friend of honor, helping someone because it is a shame not to) doesn't exist in any other languages

- Because whenever foreigners cannot find a word, they use one of ours

- Because we spend our bad and low times with our friends and family not with shrinks

- Because Socrates, Pluto and Aristotle were Greek

- Because we invented theatre Because we gave birth to Democracy

- Because we discovered logic Because we jump started science

- Because we are proud of our culture, not of our wars

- Because when others were discovering meat, we already had cholesterol

- Because when we were building the Parthenon, the others were still sleeping on trees

- Because we gave the light to all these leaders who are "striving" for peace by making wars

- Because we can give anything up just to make love

- Because Hundreds of women travel to Greece every summer just to get laid

- Because we have a distinction between Eros (falling in love) & Agapi (innocent love), while we feel both passionately

- Because Eros was a Greek God

- Because when others used to! be clothed with wolf skin we were weaving see-through linen

- Because "Greeks do not fight as heroes, heroes fight like Greeks" (Winston Churchill, 1941)

- Because we don't use ketchup with our food - it tastes good anyway
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- Because we gave our ancient alphabet to the Romans and our Medieval alphabet to the Slavs

- Because we get angry quickly but we forget all about it even quicker

- Because we are not ashamed to cry

- Because we dance when we are sad

- Because we work to live and we do not live to work

- Because 97% of the stars' names are Greek Because although we know danger well, we dare.

- Because when you shout "brother" in the streets everyone turns around

- Because we always talk about getting in a diet after we had our meal

- Because we speak loudly and laugh even louder

- Because we do not know what anxiety is

- Because we walk in the streets at 2:00 in the morning and there are traffic jams

- Because we walk in the streets at 4:00 in the morning and there are traffic jams

- Because girls are not scared to walk alone in the streets at 2:00 or 4:00 o'clock in the morning

- Because we are direct Because we never report people who cheat

- Because we always have a solution to problems, even if usually ends up illegal

- Because we have tendencies to extremity

- Because our parents do not forget that we exist when we reach 18

- Because when we want to sunbathe, we go to the beach, we don't crawl on grass or jump into fountains

- Because we confront every difficulty with humour

- Because the Olympic games were born here

- Because with our (Olympic) light, we unite the world and pass the message of peace

- Because our sky is blue, not grey

- Becaus... continued
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Greek National Anthem
Σε γνωρίζ' από την κόψη του σπαθιού την τρομερή, σε γνωρίζ' από την όψη Που με βιά μετράει τη γη. Απ' τα κόκκαλα βγαλμένη των Ελλήνων τα ιερά, και σαν πρώτ' ανδρειωμένη Χαίρε! Ω Χαίρε, Ελευθεριά Απ' τα κόκκαλα βγαλμένη των Ελλήνων τα ιερά, και σαν πρώτ' ανδρειωμένη Χαίρε! Ω Χαίρε, Ελευθεριά Απ' τα κόκκαλα βγαλμένη των Ελλήνων τα ιερά, και σαν πρώτ' ανδρειωμένη Χαίρε! Ω Χαίρε, Ελευθεριά
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S´agapo

S'agapo in the ancient sense. I love Greece
Jun 28, 2007
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A number of different Greek words for love, as the Greek language distinguishes how the word is used. Ancient Greek has three distinct words for love: eros, philia, and agape. However, as with other languages, it has been historically difficult to separate the meanings of these words. Nonetheless, the senses in which these words were generally used are given below.
Eros (ἔρως érōs) is passionate love, with sensual desire and longing. The Modern Greek word "erotas" means "(romantic) love". However, Eros does not have to be sexual in nature. Eros can be interpreted as a love for someone who you love more than the Philia love of friendship. It can also apply to dating relationships as well as marriage. Plato refined his own definition. Although eros is initially felt for a person, with contemplation it becomes an appreciation of the beauty within that person, or even becomes appreciation of beauty itself. It should be noted Plato does not talk of physical attraction as a necessary part of love, hence the use of the word platonic to mean, "without physical attraction". Plato also said Eros helps the soul recall knowledge of beauty, and contributes to an understanding of spiritual truth. Lovers and philosophers are all inspired to seek truth by eros. The most famous ancient work on the subject of eros is Plato's Symposium, which is a discussion among the students of Socrates on the nature of eros.
Philia (φιλία philía), means friendship in modern Greek, a dispassionate virtuous love, was a concept developed by Aristotle. It includes loyalty to friends, family, and community, and requires virtue, equality and familiarity. In ancient texts, philia denoted a general type of love, used for love between family, between friends, a desire or enjoyment of an activity, as well as between lovers. This is the only other word for "love" used in the ancient text of the New Testament besides agape, but even then it is used substantially less frequently.
Agapē (ἀγάπη agápē) means "love" in modern day Greek. The term s'agapo means "I love you" in Greek. The word "agapo" is the verb "I love". In Ancient Greek it often refers to a general affection rather than the attraction suggested by "eros"; agape is used in ancient texts to denote feelings for a good meal, one's children, and the feelings for a spouse. It can be described as the feeling of being content or holding one in high regard. The verb appears in the New Testament describing, amongst other things, the relationship between Jesus and the beloved disciple. In biblical literature, its meaning and usage is illustrated by self-sacrificing, giving love to all--both friend and enemy. It is used in Matthew 22:39, "Love your neighbour as yourself," and in John 15:12, "This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you," and in 1 John 4:8, "God is love." However, the word "agape" is not always used in the New Testament in a positive sense. II Timothy 4:10 uses the word in a negative sense. The Apostle Paul writes,"For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved (agapo) this present world...." Thus the word "agape" is not always used of a divine love or the love of God. Christian commentators have expanded the original Greek definition to encompass a total commitment or self-sacrificial love for the thing loved. Because of its frequency of use in the New Testament, Christian writers have developed a significant amount of theology based solely on the interpretation of this word.}
Storge (στοργή storgē) means affection in modern Greek; it is natural affection, like that felt by parents for offspring. Rarely used in ancient works, and then almost exclusively as a descriptor of relationships within the family.
Thelema means desire in modern Greek; It is the desire to do something, to be occupied, to be in prominence.

Proud to be ´GREEK`

This is a text from http://ellas.pblogs.gr/2007/03/49313.html.

If you are greek, enjoy it. If you are a barbarian ignore it!


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Είμαστε περήφανοι που είμαστε Έλληνες γιατί:
Xωρίς την Ελληνική φυλή δεν θα υπήρχε ο σύγχρονος πολιτισμός,
Είχαμε και έχουμε συνεχή πολιτιστική ύπαρξη και ανάπτυξη για 4.000
περίπου έτη.
Αποτελέσαμε σωτήριο για τον κόσμο φράγμα εναντίον του ασιανισμού κατά τον 5ον π.χ αιώνα.
Εκαλλιεργήσαμε πρώτοι την επιστημονική και την φιλοσοφική σκέψη.
Εδημιουργήσαμε με την καλλιτεχνική ευαισθησία μας απαράμιλλα μνημεία τέχνης. (π.χΑγιά-Σοφιά,Παρθενώνας κ.α.)
Χαρίσαμε στην ανθρωπότητα αριστουργήματα του έντεχνου λόγου.
Πρωτοί συνελάβαμε τις έννοιες της ελευθερίας, της δημοκρατίας και της
ανθρώπινης αξιοπρέπειας.
Προσφέραμε την γλώσσα μας,με την οποία διεδόθη ο χριστιανισμός.
Επιβιώσαμε δύο μεγάλων κατακτήσεων: της Ρωμαικής και της Οθωμανικής.
Υπήρξαμε πρωτοπόροι στην εθνική αφύπνιση των υποδουλωμένων λαών
με την επανάσταση του 1821.
Πολεμήσαμε ηρωικά στους δύο παγκόσμιους πολέμους ανατρέποντας
με αυτοθυσία το χρονοδιάγραμμα του δεύτερου .
Η εθνική εποποιία του 1955-59 όταν ο κυπριακός Ελληνισμός πολεμούσε ενάντια σε μια αυτοκρατορία για την εκπλήρωση του προαιώνιου π'οθου της
Ενώσεως με την μητέρα Ελλάδα."

greek herald

Here is the first link:www.greekherald.com

Good daily news from Herald in english about Greece.

You can also see a example of it on my blog`s sidebar.

Enjoy it!



The greek

I am greek and i am proud of it.

In my blog i wiill give to you links about Greece

that will be wellcomed by those how care and love

my country.

May god bless you all and keep you healthy!