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To: Kolokotronis; daniel1212
Actually, we prefer new (Divinized) Hellenes! As you know, Kosta mou, I myself was once an example of such a Greek God; now, of course, I'm just a G.D. Greek!:)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Kolokotronis_statue_Athens.jpg

Yes, amazing what oikos yogurt can do; much better than makeup. Yayades know best. :)

And, to your honor, your ancestor Greek (almost) god: Kolokotronis

The statue of memorable Koloktronis in Athens caught in an unforgettable moment when he said "But I am with him!"

On his resume, his strongest bullet, besides throwing the Turks off the walls of Constantinople, was that he eats them for breakfast (hence the nickname turkophago! Ah, those divine Balkan brutes, aka homo balcanicus. :)

5,517 posted on 12/17/2010 5:54:56 AM PST by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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To: kosta50; daniel1212
You have "real" email!

The museum behind the statue is the HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF ATHENS. Its a museum of modern Greek history (since 1821). The building itself is the original parliament and was used during the reign of King Otto. It's a great museum and well worth the visit when in Athens.

"On his resume, his strongest bullet, besides throwing the Turks off the walls of Constantinople, was that he eats them for breakfast (hence the nickname turkophago!"

Almost, O Turkophagos was a fellow named Nikitaras. I have his picture hanging on the wall of my office, blood dripping scimitars raised aloft and standing on a pile of dead Turks, while angels dressed in Greek Evzone outfits hold a banner over his head proclaiming, "Our Holy Hero"! We have a sort of "muscular" style of Christianity....


5,532 posted on 12/17/2010 5:32:27 PM PST by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated)
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