During the Middle Ages and more specifically around 1332, there was the legend and the fear of a great dragon inRhodes. It lived in today’s hill of Monte Smith which was then called “Mal Paso” and it means bad passage.
Περισσότερα »Althemenis
Althemenis was the son of Katreas, who was son of Minos and succeeded him to the kingship of Crete. Katreas had received a prophecy that we would be killed by the hand of one of his children. He had four children: one son, Althemenis and three daughters, Aeropi, Klimeni and …
Περισσότερα »The Colossus of Rhodes
According to mythology, the Rhodians always worshiped the God Sun, who stood by them as their protector.
Περισσότερα »Telchines – Poseidon
The Telchines was the first tribe which inhabited Rhodes, coming from Crete andCyprus. They were strange people, wild, resembled to demons and used every kind of magic. They were nine in number and it was said that they were sons of the sea. The Telchines were good craftsmen and sailors. …
Περισσότερα »The island of the God Sun
According to mythology, when Zeus decided to split the Earth to the Olympian Gods, the God Sun was absent to one of the usual trips that he did to give light to the Earth. So, the rest of the Olympian Gods forgot to include him in the split. When he …
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