Etwinning project Step by Step

FROM MYTHOS TO POLIS: 

FROM MYTHOS TO POLIS A myth is a story about gods and other supernatural beings. A story of origin and how the world and everything in it came to be. It can be symbolic and metaphorical or it can reveal the archetypes of collective unconscious. Iolaos helping Hercules kill Lernea Hydra.

How is this related to our work?: 

How is this related to our work? A Greek hero, Iolaos, friend of the mythical hero Hercules, is said to have settled in Sardinia and established a colony there. All these lead to our present collaboration between Iglesias and Patras. So myth changes into history and more concrete facts.

Is Iolaos the only connecting link between Greece and Italy? (1): 

Is Iolaos the only connecting link between Greece and Italy? (1) Daedalus, the famous inventor and scientist is said to have fled to Italy when Minos, the king of Crete, turned against him. He had to flee to Italy to save his life. We all know a few things about him.

Is Iolaos the only connecting link between Greece and Italy? (2): 

Is Iolaos the only connecting link between Greece and Italy? (2) We have all heard the word “labyrinth” and how he managed to fly with his son Icarus. He was that inventive! He was even able to build a replica of a cow, from which the Minotaur was born.

Polis: 

Polis The Greek word referring to the city or city-state and its citizens. It developed as an idea during the archaic period and persisted through the Roman times.

Athens: 

Athens is the largest city and capital of Greece. Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world with a recorded history of at least 3,000 years. Center of the arts, learning and philosophy It is widely referred to as the cradle of Western Civilization and the birthplace of Democracy

Sparta: 

Sparta is a city in southern Greece In antiquity it was a Dorian Greek military state, originally centered in Laconia. As a city-state devoted to military training, Sparta possessed the most formidable army in the Greek world, and, after achieving notable victories over the Athenian and Persian Empires. Have you seen the film “300”?

Thebes - Orchomenos: 

Thebes - Orchomenos Thebes played an important role in the fabric of Greek myth, being the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, and others. Home place of Hercules and Iolaos. People from ancient Boeotia are believed to have settled in Sardinia.