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The countdown has begun – the flame of Olympia travels across Japan (100 days to go)
Heavy with symbolism for the Japanese and all of us who witnessed the tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami that wrought such damage to the Fukushima region in March, 2011, the flame that was first lit at Olympia, Greece on March 12, 2020 now makes its way from the...
Ancient Greek historical timeline
Ancient Greek Historical Timeline 3000 ~ 1450 B.C.E. - Minoan Crete (early to middle Bronze Age). 1650 ~ 1100 B.C.E. - Mycenaean Greeks (until late Bronze Age). 1100 ~ 800 B.C.E. - Greek Dark Ages (Iron Age commences). # 800 ~ 650 B.C.E. - Homeric epics Iliad...
A story behind ‘The Story’
After working on the Olympia novel (and film) project for a number of years, Michael and I decided that to properly complete the work a trip to Greece was required to inject into the manuscript a real sense of atmospheric authenticity. As Michael was consumed with his...
From ‘Olympia’ to ‘Dune’
“House Atreides claimed to trace its roots more than twelve thousand years, back to the ancient sons of Atreus on Old Terra. Now the family embraced its long history, despite the numerous tragic and dishonorable incidents it contained. The Dukes had made an annual...