Hello
Thanks a lot
. Yes the Grammatik is quite hard but it is very similar to the ancient Greek one, so modern Greeks who know good Ancient Greek (I'm not one of them
) can easily learn German.
I can make small sentences but unfortunately I'm not good enough to express a "full" opinion written in German
. So, I'll answer in English. I hope that's not a problem.
Oh yeah, and yesterday I took my B2 German-Zeugnis from the Goethe Institut in Athens
.
Anyway, on-topic again.
I'm a great fan of ancient Greece, and especially ancient Greek mythology
. But unfortunately everything that has to do with Greek mythology these days is completely "mythologically" wrong. For example the TV series
Xena, Hercules or the games
God of War, Age of Mythology, are totally wrong. In order to become better and more enjoyable they change the greek mythology - that's normal, but I get really disappointed when I meet people (even Greeks!) who believe that Xena was a real mythological figure, Hera was evil and things like that
.
Rise of the Argonauts , just like every American product, has changed the story of the Greek myths BUT fortunately, even with those changes, it "respects" the Greek mythological world. Other games or tv series show ancient greece as a brutal world where only the main hero is the good guy and everything else is corrupted. That's the most disrespectful thing they could do. But in Rise of the Argonauts on the other hand, you could still see the beauty and the greatness of the Greek mythology (at least that's the impression I got from what I've read and seen so far). So I'd really want to play this game
.
And as for me, yes I live in Athens. Modern Athens is unfortunately ugly. You can't find any green areas (parks etc) and everything is grey... The only beautiful part of Athens is the area around Acropolis. The Parthenon looks magical especially during the night, and the rest archaeological places are also very interesting. Unlike Rome, most (not all) Athenian "great" structures (ancient temples, shrines etc) are either buried under modern Athens or they're destroyed by barbarians, fanatical byzantine christians (
), turks or by the time (compared to ancient Rome structures, ancient Greek structures are about 500-1000 years older).
Personally I don't think you need more than 3 days to "enjoy" and visit Athens landmarks. The greek islands are the ones that really worth our time
. And also places like Delphi or Olympus are great too! The interesting thing about Greece is that every place is connected somehow to mythology, legends and ancient history.
Well, that's all! If you have any questions about greek mythology or greek history they are my favorite subjects for discussion so ask me
.