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Alexander with four of his siblings in 1905. Clockwise from far left: Helen, George, Alexander, Paul and Irene. Alexander was born at Tatoi Palace on 1 August 1893 (20 July in the Julian calendar), the second son of Crown Prince Constantine of Greece and Princess Sophia of Prussia.
The royal coat of arms of Greece under the Glücksburg dynasty, created after the restoration of King George II to the throne in 1935. The Kingdom of Greece was ruled by the House of Wittelsbach from 1832 to 1862 and by the House of Glücksburg from 1863 to 1924 and, after being temporarily abolished in favor of the Second Hellenic Republic, again from 1935 to 1973, when it was once more ...
The Greek tyrant of Syracuse was murdered with a poisoned toothpick. [7] [16]: 104 Pyrrhus of Epirus: 272 BC: During the Battle of Argos, Pyrrhus was fighting a Macedonian soldier in the street when the elderly mother of the soldier dropped a roof tile onto Pyrrhus' head, breaking his spine and rendering him paralyzed. According to a soldier ...
Captain George Costentenus, also known as "The Arvanite Greek" [1] [2] or "The Tattooed Greek Prince", [3] [4] (April 17, 1833 - ?) was a circus performer in the late 1800s. A man who was tattooed over his entire body, he was a famous traveling attraction who claimed to have been kidnapped by Chinese Tartars and tattooed against his will.
Heracles, the great Greek hero, was taught the art of wrestling by Autolycus. [17] However, Autolycus was a source of trouble in Heracles' life, because when Autolycus stole some cattle from Euboea and Eurytus, they accused Heracles of the deed; upon going mad from these accusations, Heracles killed them and another one of Eurytus' sons, Iphitus .
Tatoi (Greek: Τατόι, pronounced) was the summer palace and 42 km 2 (10,000 acres) estate of the former Greek royal family.The area is a densely wooded southeast-facing slope of Mount Parnitha, and its ancient and current official name is Dekeleia.
Histiaeus (Ancient Greek: Ἱστιαῖος, died 493 BC), the son of Lysagoras, was a Greek ruler of Miletus in the late 6th century BC. Histiaeus was tyrant of Miletus under Darius I , king of Persia , who had subjugated Miletus and the other Ionian states in Asia Minor , and who generally appointed Greeks as tyrants to rule the Greek cities ...
Antaeus (/ æ n ˈ t iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀνταῖος, romanized: Antaîos, lit. 'opponent', derived from ἀντάω, antáō, 'I face, I oppose'), known to the Berbers as Anti, was a figure in Berber and Greek mythology. [1] He was famed for his defeat by Heracles as part of the Labours of Hercules.