by John Martino | Feb 24, 2023 | Event, History, interview, Media coverage
Neos Kosmos, the top selling Greek-Australian newspaper, has very kindly devoted a feature article to ‘The 3 Amigos of History’ (myself, Jim Claven and Billy Cotsis) who will be sharing a stand and regaling the 10s of 1000s of Antipodes Festival goers this...
by John Martino | Nov 23, 2021 | Event, History, Myth, Sports, Technology
The Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports has recently collaborated with Microsoft to painstakingly recreate Olympia as the site operated as both Panhellenic sanctuary and home to the ancient Olympics for more than 1,100 years. The exhibit, as housed within the new...
by John Martino | Aug 4, 2021 | History, Myth
The title question heading this blog piece has been asked more than once – if ‘Olympia’ is the previously untold story of how the first Olympics came into being, why haven’t the authors just told it as history? Well, the answer to that is...
by John Martino | Jul 24, 2021 | Event, History, Tokyo Games
As with every modern Olympics – except the 2004 Athens Games, where Greece had its flagbearer lead the procession and then brought up its entire team in the rear, the traditional position for hosting nations – Hellas proudly led the way across the Tokyo...
by John Martino | Feb 15, 2021 | History
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....
