John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Agios Nikolaos

Voulismeni Lake (Λίμνη Βουλισμένη) at Agios Nikolaos, Crete. In mythology, this lake was used for swimming by the Goddess Athena (Pallas Athena) - the patron goddess of Athens who established trial by jury at the Aeropagos. In folklore the lake is bottomless, or the mouth of an extinct volcano (despite being entirely sedimentary rock). The Pallas Athena story is more believable.

Ekklisia Agios Konstantinos ke Agia Eleni. Εκκλησία Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος και Αγιά Ελένη Interesting two-directional cross on the church dome, visible as a cross facing east-west and north-south.

Interesting mixture of Greek and English in the signage. (Also a German beer sign.) The Marilena Restaurant is highly recommended, friendly and good food.

I love work, I could watch it all day.

Zeus, the chief god in Greek mythology, spent his infancy on the island of Crete. He was nourished by milk from a goat called Amalthea. Zeus accidentally broke off one of his nurse's horns. He blessed the horn so that it would always be full of what its owner desired. So came into being the concept of Amalthea's horn, the Cornucopia or in English the 'horn of plenty' - a symbol of abundance. Speculation: The Minoan diet included octopus which was plentiful in the surrounding waters, and images of those creatures appear often in their art work. Is this why the sculptors, Nikos and Pandelis Sotiriadi, have made the horn of plenty resemble a tentacle?

The Cornucopia sculpture at Agios Nikolaos, Crete, which celebrates the creation of the Cornucopia by Zeus from one of Amalthea's horns. Amalthea was a goat who nursed Zeus in his infancy. The sculptors were Nikos and Pandelis Sotiriadi.

On the waterfront in the town of Agios Nikolaos (Saint Nicholas) on the island of Crete stands this 2012 Sculpture depicting Zeus and Europa. Zeus was the chief god in Greek mythology. His eye was caught by Europa, the daughter of the king of Phoenicia and he gained her trust on the Phoenician beaches disguised as a beautiful, friendly bull. Eventually Europa gained the confidence to ride on the animal's back. Zeus entered the Mediterranean Sea and took her to Crete (where he had spent his infancy). Their relationship lasted long enough to produce three children, one of whom was King Minos. He is credited with founding the first European civilisation which was based at Knossos on the island of Crete; his mother gave the continent of Europe its name. These stories are myths, but the Minoan civilisation of 4000 years ago was factual and magnificent.

On the waterfront in the town of Agios Nikolaos (Saint Nicholas) on the island of Crete stands this 2012 Sculpture depicting Zeus and Europa. Zeus was the chief god in Greek mythology. His eye was caught by Europa, the daughter of the king of Phoenicia and he gained her trust on the Phoenician beaches disguised as a beautiful, friendly bull. Eventually Europa gained the confidence to ride on the animal's back. Zeus entered the Mediterranean Sea and took her to Crete (where he had spent his infancy). Their relationship lasted long enough to produce three children, one of whom was King Minos. He is credited with founding the first European civilisation which was based at Knossos on the island of Crete; his mother gave the continent of Europe its name. These stories are myths, but the Minoan civilisation of 4000 years ago was factual and magnificent.

On the waterfront in the town of Agios Nikolaos (Saint Nicholas) on the island of Crete stands this 2012 Sculpture depicting Zeus and Europa. Zeus was the chief god in Greek mythology. His eye was caught by Europa, the daughter of the king of Phoenicia and he gained her trust on the Phoenician beaches disguised as a beautiful, friendly bull. Eventually Europa gained the confidence to ride on the animal's back. Zeus entered the Mediterranean Sea and took her to Crete (where he had spent his infancy). Their relationship lasted long enough to produce three children, one of whom was King Minos. He is credited with founding the first European civilisation which was based at Knossos on the island of Crete; his mother gave the continent of Europe its name. These stories are myths, but the Minoan civilisation of 4000 years ago was factual and magnificent.