Episode 200: Seismic

(Intro & piano music)

Welcome to our 200th episode! This feels like a very weird time to celebrate, especially when the rescue teams in Turkey and Syria are making superhuman efforts. Do donate if you can whether it's goods or money and, I hope you enjoy today's word. Σείω (seio) in both ancient and modern Greek means 'I shake', 'I move'. Keep that, you'll need it.  There are many variations of how the leader of the giants, Ενγκέλαδος (Engelados), in the war against the Olympian Gods, was defeated. The most popular one is depicted in ancient jars and one particular moment , on a Parthenon metope. The moment when Athena threw her four-horse carriage on him.  After that, the myth says, she buried him alive under the mount Aetna in Italy where when he tosses and turns angrily, he causes a ΣΕΙΣΜΟ/ SEISMIC

Instagram @yourgreeksunday ,
Blue Sky @yourgreeksunday.bsky.social
email [email protected]