#Greek hospitality

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13 Best Greek Islands That Should Be on Every Traveler’s List

The Greek islands are the perfect vacation destination if you dream of sunny skies, soft white sand beaches, crystal-clear turquoise waters, traditional cuisine, and ancient sites. They have everything from the iconic whitewashed buildings of Santorini and pristine beaches in Mykonos to mesmerizing ancient architecture in Crete and authentic Greek cuisine in Kefalonia. However, with over 220…

[whereskatieandgrady]

Waking in Crete

Crete, Greece: the Island of Heroes, the birthplace of Zeus, the home of the Minotaur, abundant in olives and rugged with mountains.

[thisisgraeme]

Crafting Ouzo at Home: A Complete Guide to the Greek Spirit with the T500 Still

Craft your own Ouzo at home with this comprehensive guide, covering everything from its rich Greek history to the distillation process using a T500 still. Ideal for both beginners and seasoned distillers.

Introduction Ouzo is more than just a spirit; it’s a quintessential part of Greek culture. Often enjoyed as an aperitif, this anise-flavoured liquor has a rich history and a unique ability to turn milky white when diluted. It’s a drink that captures the essence of Greek hospitality, often served with a side of mezes, small appetisers that complement its robust flavour. In this blog post, we’re…

[littlefankingdom]

There's this story from when Jason was Robin, where Bruce is able to fight off Scarecrow's fear drug by imagining a worst fear: Jason dying.

And there's also this story (way more recent) where Bruce, under Scarecrow's fear toxin, is stuck in purgatory having to watch Jason being killed again and being unable to save him again. (Btw, this is an one-shot and we don't know when it happens, except that this is after Jason died, so don't go "see, B loves Jason's corpse more than Jason")

And I'm sure there are more examples.

All of this to say that I headcanon that Bruce, under fear toxin, always sees his kids getting hurt and finds himself unable to save/protect them. And after Jason's death, it wasn't simply just his kids getting hurt, it was them dying. Often, it's Jason again. Jason, that he failed to protect and keep safe. Jason, that he keeps seeing dying, again, and again, and again, and again...

However, his kids do not know that and think he sees his parents' death, which is the lie he told them. Because you are not going to tell a small child, that depends on you, that you just had visions of them getting extremely hurt and were unable to protect them. Nope, not putting that thought into their head, they need to feel safe. And his kids, they often share this pain and fear of losing a parent, so it helps with their feelings to have an strong adult being like "see, I also go through the same thing. It's normal." And as they grow older, he still doesn't tell them.

[graciouswings]

epic the musical fans are actually genuinely and truly the most insufferable people on the planet and i say this as someone who has followed the production of epic since 2020

[fireinmysoulmaybe]

Listen, I knew we would get one Last Goodbye (oh, look at that, I'm crying again) between Odysseus and Athena and when it happened, I just crumpled, okay!!? My heart couldn't take it.

[butchmuppet]

As a hellensitic pagan/devotee of hestia I've been thinking about how to follow the greek rules of hospitality. Mostly a list of things I personally plan to get better about doing.

Welcome with food, drink, and shelter

- keep precut frozen cookie dough in the freezer to pop in when guests are on the way

- curate a basket of fidget toys for guests to use

- keep clean and fresh blankets

Provide a bath

-keep a basket of toiletries for guests. Menstrual products, mini bottles of shampoo/conditioner for different hair types, etc.

-purchase a "guests towels" set with washcloths that stay clean and accessible

-bonus: if you're like me then cleaning the bathtub every time a guest comes over is a good habit to build

Provide safe escort

-make sure to follow up on that "text me to let me know you got home safe" request.

-prepare the materials to build a place for someone to sleep beforehand, even if they don't plan to sleep over.

Provide a parting gift

- get cute items from the dollar store like sticker sheets or trinkets to give to first time/rare guests.

-can also paint mini canvases or crochet little stuffed animals for favored guests

-can also mean leftovers from the meal we had.

Defend guests from other guests

-keep a separate safe space for guests who may need a minute

Obviously, don't let strangers in and offer them hospitality as it is unsafe. The rules only worked if both parties followed them, which isn't a cultural norm in America. But, a way to channel this spirit is to give back to your community. Specifically:

-volunteer with unhoused neighbors

-engage in random acts of kindness and generosity

[gemsofgreece]

Ancient Greeks: Women must be entirely submissive to their husbands and all maidens should be notable for their purity and propriety. The slightest misstep can cause enormous shame to them and their family so they should be confined and monitored at all times and there must never be even the slightest suspicion questioning their honour otherwise woe to us

Also Ancient Greeks: Send my beautiful young daughters and all servant maidens to offer wine and wash the hair and the naked body of this stranger who just appeared at my threshold and I don’t even know his name yet

[thechthonicherbalist]

✨ Busy productive week managed! ✨

⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊ I'm desperately trying to finish my "plans for this year" post since two weeks, but the new year wants to be dealt with and energy, duties and well-being collide. ⚔️ At least I was able to navigate this and recovery from the physical toll it had on me without extra guilt or danger. And had amazing friends support me through the more emotional moments of all this. (I'm absolutely not crying with relief. 😭💕) ⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊

Regardless, this week was productive! I have:

📋Dealt with the annually renewed disability department forms, medical assessment papers and other documents. ♿Went through the disability support needs reassessment back and forth since late November and am about to send in the final report about 2024 at the beginning of next week; had my final appointments for it all.* 👣 Had my last aftercare appointment for the infectous-arthritic osteomyelitis debridement surgery from August/September 2023. All is healed well now, the last metal bits that made sure everything grows back in place as it's supposed to have been removed. There's one more check up next month and while there's scarring, we've reviewed pictures of what my foot looked like during the inflammation/infection and during different surgical steps and damn, am I happy this is over and how well it healed. 🥲 Well done doctors, well done body. A long and tough battle finally won. 🩸 Much blood was taken and read. I have been officially diagnosed with testosterone, iron and severe vitamin D deficiency. The latter is a side effect from autoimmune disease, in my case MAS (multiple autoimmune syndrome, in my case with MS, RA and IBD). It's likely worsening a bunch of my symptoms, especially neurological ones. Luckily I've got some meds now to try and fix this.

☢️ After treatment induced pneumonia has been successfully battled, chemotherapy can be continued in 2 weeks! I'm excited, because as crappy as the side effects are, I've made a lot of progress in regards to being able to keep in liquid food again in the past months! 🍮 I've even attempted and been almost successful in digesting some baked Tvorog / Quark thingies that were delicious, this week! It's insane how emotional I am about being able to have delicious flavours on my tongue and the sensation of warm fullness in my stomach again, after 17 months of being unable to digest food due to severe inflammations, ulcers and cancer. I've been sobbing the entire time, I never thought I'd be able to experience this again. There is so much more to say here... so many awful things that happened, that almost made it impossible to become okay again. I'm just glad this is over.

⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊ ☀️ Praised be Apollo, God of Healing, who shines his light on me! ⚔️ Praised be Ares, God of Warriors, who lends me his strenght! 🍇 Praised be Dionysos, God of Rebirth, who taught me to rise again! ❤️‍🩹 Praised be Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, who fills my heart with unending capacity to be gentle and loving, even through the darkest times and to those who reject her divine gifts. ⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ ☀︎ ⋆⁺₊⋆⁺₊⋆ 𖤓 ⋆⁺₊

Notes: * I have big and a bit fragile hopes for this, because there might be an option to hire private people to help with medical appointments, groceries and more, because I've been unable to leave my living space and fully navigate it on my own due to severe illness since 15 years and my only halfway safe supportive person was my father who had a car accident in January 2024 and suffered of a severe brain injury that left him in critical condition for weeks and permanently disabled him, which has been a terrible calamity on a family and personal level.

[balis77]

Canto VII/Season 5 Abnormality Speculation

Ok, so each abnormality that is either part of a sinner's dungeon or their season pass egos (In the case of Heathcliff) usually has some connection/symbolism for them ala each of the ego used during Realizations in Library having some symbolism towards the emotions/memories displayed within. Since we have a pretty damn big list of mirror dungeon abnormalities and they seem to primarily draw on those for new bosses as opposed to making new ones, I'ma speculate on some options for things we'll face in Don's personal dungeon.

Pagoda Veneration

This one is pretty self explanatory. It's focused around wishes and the granting/destruction of them, which fits Don's character to a tee to the point she already has an EGO for it.

Rose Hunter

So, this abnormality is effectively a rogue hunter that seeks to bring Snow White's Apple (Or Ebony Apple, possibly both) back to fulfill the role they had in the original tale. Effectively, cutting their dreams short to drag them back to their original fate, which could possibly be the problem Don faces in her Canto or faced in her own past. It would effectively represent reality trying to drag her back down.

Sleepyhead

This one mainly correlates to Don's fascination and association with toys, along with it giving a lust gift which matches the Sin of Don's base ego. It also has a blood motif in that you need to offer it blood to get its head to raise back up to give you the gift, which also matches with Don's base ego translating to "Blood of Sancho".

Tomorrow's Expression

Tomorrow's Expression is an Aberration of Today's Shy Look, which in Library stood-in for Angela's having to mask her true desires to reach out to the others in order to fulfill the Seed of Light plan. Tomorrow's Expression is effectively Shy Look's opposite, being something that asks how it should express itself as opposed to something that wanted to find a way to express its own emotions. This can correlate to the possible origins of Don and her worldview, and the original story of Don Quixote and how people tried to cruelly snap Don out of his delusions.

[hussyknee]

[mizuki-foreshadowing]

It just hit me in the face that Kanade and Mafuyu are each doomed by a parent who was once kind and loving but now is something slowly killing them. Mafuyu only gains closure with her mom as Kanade comes to terms with her dad.

[brimo5]

When you realize that Sarapis is also the god of healing, you realize that the death of Asclepcius is a drama in medical community.

[cjbolan]

HEAR ME OUT: The Odyssey but it’s Gordon Ramsay visiting and critiquing the Cyclops’ cave, Circe’s palace, Calypso’s island , and maybe Odysseus’ palace too a la Hotel Hell

[college-cryptids]

yes yes persephone is cool and everything not to diss her but can we please get some appreciation for my girl hestia every once in a while

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

the choice of ai’s name is really so genius not only because of the ‘eye’ pun and her character arc being centered around love / how idols embody love, but also because she’s literally the vessel for every single one of aqua’s loves…. like she’s his mother but also his first love and also a stand-in for the (presumably) parental love he felt for sarina….. ai is love. his love. all these different loves melting together. idk but i’m obsessed with them and whatever freaky soul connection they have