Greek Independence Day

[SkyRider]

Happy independence day to our Greek residents. Just got back from seeing their parade on Danforth.

Some Greeks will say they won WW II because their heroic resistance delayed the Nazi invasion of Russia by at least a month.

Greece with help from the U.S. defeated the commies in 1949.

(If only the present day Greeks could get their spending under control.)

 

[Insidious Von]

Happy Greek Independence Day, in 2026 it will be a Bicentennial.

But I'm curious Rocco, how was communism defeated in 1949? You do realize that Greece was ruled by a military junta not long after that.

Every country wants their role in defeating tyranny acknowledged. A strong case could be made that Italy won WW I for the Western Allies. Had Italy remained neutral, the sensible course, Hindenburg would have deployed the full force of his Russian Divisions on the Western Front. Neutrality was the best course, Italy had no grievance with its ally the German Empire. But the flood of Serbian refugees spurred them into declaring on Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire - not Germany.

 

[SkyRider]

The Greek Civil War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Civil_War

 

[malata]

May the Greeks prosper and the Greek restaurants along Danforth flourish...I'm crazy for Greek food.

 

[oil&gas]

In the spirit of Greek insurgents' heroism through the Nazi occupation.

 

[oil&gas]

Mikis Theodorakis, Greece's musical gift to the world.

 

[SkyRider]

The Greeks also gave us greek. Just kidding!

 

[jcpro]

The Greeks also gave us greek. Just kidding!

But not with the ladies.

 

[escapefromstress]

The Greeks also gave us greek. Just kidding!

It's true. Greeks were famous for homosexuality.

But not with the ladies.

Touché.

 

[hamermill]

The Greeks also gave us greek. Just kidding!

I thought it was the Romans.

 

[escapefromstress]

I thought it was the Romans.

This article talks about ancient Athens, Greece.

http://www2.ulg.ac.be/vinitor/rida/2000/macdowell.pdf

ATHENIAN LAWS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY 15

It is clear that the Athenians generally regarded a homosexual relationship not as a partnership between equals, but as a relationship between an older, active partner, called "lover" (®rast¸q"), and a younger, passive partner, called "loved" (®rvmenoq"). Typically it would be a relationship between an adult man and a boy or youth, though relationships between an older and a younger adult (such as Pausanias and Agathon in Plato's Symposium) or between a youth and a boy are not excluded. This inequality in a relationship is clearly presupposed in the legislation, and Aiskhines in his account distinguishes laws concerning boys, laws concerning youths, and laws concerning adults; however, since each relationship involves two persons, these categories cannot be entirely separated. I follow Aiskhines' order of exposition, adding different headings, supplementary information from other sources, and comments on each law.