Hacker News with Generative AI: Greece

Hydra: Vehicles on the island – 'After the works they abandon them here' (protothema.gr)
“A paradise for walkers and nature lovers.” That’s how the Municipality describes Hydra on its website, promoting the island’s uniqueness, where the movement of all wheeled vehicles is prohibited by law. However, laws are made to be broken—especially when there is no one responsible or interested in enforcing them. Thus, this otherwise beautiful island, rich in archaeological and natural treasures and boasting unique architecture, has become filled with cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and of course, scooters, which are trendier than walking.

Greece, Transportation, Environmental Issues, Tourism, Law Enforcement

38 points by gnabgib 16 days ago | 35 comments

Research Uncovers Parthenon Spectacular Lighting Effects for Athena in Antiquity (arkeonews.net)
A four-year multidisciplinary study led by Oxford University Archaeologist Professor Juan de Lara has shed new light on a millennia-old mystery: how the iconic Parthenon temple on the Acropolis was illuminated in ancient Greece.

History, Archaeology, Greece, Architecture, Lighting

30 points by bookofjoe 19 days ago | 3 comments

Tentative tree planting 'decades overdue' in sweltering Athens (phys.org)
On a cloudy spring morning in one of Athens' most densely inhabited districts, thousands of fresh saplings dotting a small hilltop park mark a fledgling effort to tackle crippling heat that critics say is long overdue.

Climate Change, Urban Planning, Greece, Environmentalism

10 points by PaulHoule 24 days ago | 0 comments

Greek Language Question (wikipedia.org)
The Greek language question (Greek: το γλωσσικό ζήτημα, to glossikó zítima) was a dispute about whether the vernacular of the Greek people (Demotic Greek) or a cultivated literary language based on Ancient Greek (Katharevousa) should be the prevailing language of the people and government of Greece.

Language, History, Greece, Politics

26 points by brendanashworth 69 days ago | 1 comments

The Siege of Syracuse: A Roman General vs. a Greek Genius (2020) (historynet.com)
The Second Punic War, fought between ancient Rome and Carthage, is most well-known for the clashes of the legendary Hannibal with Roman commanders. An often-overlooked engagement during this war is the Siege of Syracuse, from 213-212 BC, which tested strategic military might against feats of engineering. This contest pitted Marcus Claudius Marcellus, a Roman general renowned for his power in single combat, against the Greek mathematical genius Archimedes.

Military History, Ancient History, Siege Warfare, Greece, Rome

6 points by walterbell 83 days ago | 3 comments

The city that forgot itself (thecritic.co.uk)
Greek flags flutter from apartment blocks, Orthodox monks amble past statues of statesmen and freedom fighters along boulevards named after Byzantine emperors and saints. It is a normal weekday in modern Greece’s second-largest city. Fighter jets have been terrifying domestic animals and setting off car alarms with their high-speed passes during an airshow marking a national holiday, eliciting pride from most residents. So far, so national.

Greece, Culture, Travel, Politics

37 points by anarbadalov 88 days ago | 82 comments

Seeing Through the Spartan Mirage (worldhistory.substack.com)
If you’re American, you’ve probably seen it on the rear window of a car or perhaps on a too-tight T-shirt on a muscly guy: two Greek words, “ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ.”

Ancient History, Greece, Culture

103 points by crescit_eundo 108 days ago | 101 comments

Ikarians have low rates of dementia and a unique diet (nypost.com)
You’ve probably heard of the so-called “blue zones” — five areas in the world that longevity expert Dan Buettner identified as having residents who routinely live to be over 100.

Health, Diet, Longevity, Greece

4 points by keepamovin 110 days ago | 2 comments

Surprise Magma Chamber Growing Under Mediterranean Volcano (2023) (news.agu.org)
WASHINGTON — Using a novel imaging technique for volcanoes that produces high-resolution pictures of seismic wave properties, a new study reveals a large, previously undetected body of mobile magma underneath Kolumbo, an active submarine volcano near Santorini, Greece.

Volcanoes, Geology, Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Science

47 points by jandrewrogers 116 days ago | 19 comments

Thousands flee Santorini as quakes rattle Greek tourist haven (cnn.com)

Natural Disasters, Greece, Travel, Santorini, Earthquakes

16 points by campuscodi 123 days ago | 0 comments

Santorini island hit by 200 earthquakes (cnn.com)

Earthquakes, Greece, Santorini

4 points by whatever1 125 days ago | 0 comments

Derveni Papyrus (wikipedia.org)
The Derveni papyrus is an Ancient Greek papyrus roll that was discovered in 1962 at the archaeological site of Derveni, near Thessaloniki, in Central Macedonia.

Ancient History, Greece, Archaeology

13 points by Hooke 137 days ago | 0 comments

Greeks Are Defying an Indoor Smoking Ban (nytimes.com)
Greeks smoke more than most other Europeans, and even 14 years after Greece banned smoking in indoor public places, it is not uncommon to see people light up in bars and clubs.

Greece, Public Health, Smoking, Culture

12 points by ivewonyoung 160 days ago | 0 comments

Pre-Greek Substrate (wikipedia.org)
The pre-Greek substrate (or substratum) consists of the unknown pre-Greek language or languages (either Pre-Indo-European or other Indo-European languages) spoken in prehistoric Greece prior to the emergence of the Proto-Greek language in the region c. 3200–2200 BC, during the Early Helladic period.

Linguistics, History, Greece, Ancient History, Pre-Indo-European Languages

25 points by diodorus 207 days ago | 3 comments

Demographic decline: Greece faces alarming population collapse (euronews.com)
Empty villages, disillusioned young workers, and government officials scrambling for solutions: this is the stark reality Euronews uncovered in Greece, where the country is bracing for a major population collapse fuelled by plummeting numbers of births, mass emigration, and low fertility rates.

Demographics, Greece, Population Decline, Emigration, Fertility Rates

49 points by toomuchtodo 267 days ago | 78 comments

Greece announces new rules banning mobile phones in schools from September (euronews.com)

Greece, Education, Technology, Policy

101 points by ulrischa 280 days ago | 48 comments

Analysis of Greek prehistoric combat in full body armour (plos.org)

History, Warfare, Archaeology, Greece

51 points by bryanrasmussen 281 days ago | 23 comments

Fragments of two lost tragedies by Euripides discovered in an Egyptian papyrus (labrujulaverde.com)

Ancient History, Literature, Archaeology, Greece

59 points by bookofjoe 293 days ago | 6 comments

Greece's Six-Day Workweek Is a Recipe for Disaster (jacobin.com)