Heraclea is a city of ancient Macedonia, founded by King Philip II. It was named in honour of Hercules, who was considered to be the forefather of the kings of Macedonia. There were other cities by the same name in several parts of the Greek territory and beyond it.
Ernest Hebrard (1875-1933) was a French archaeologist, architect, urban planner and professor at the Metsovian National Technical University of Athens. After the great fire of 1917, he was in charge of the committee for the establishment of the new urban plan of the destroyed area of Thessaloniki, the so-called Hebrard Plan.
Zeuxis was a painter of ancient Greece in the 5th and 4th B.C. He was born in Heraclea and his art was praised by his contemporaries as well as in the following centuries.
Zalongo is a mountain in Epirus. In 1803, women from Souli with their children fell from a cliff’s edge called Stefani to avoid submitting to Ali Pasha chasing them. It is the so-called Dance of Zalongo, that is a symbol of heroism and self-sacrifice.
Euripides was a great tragic poet who lived in the 5th century B.C. He died in Pella, Macedonia. His works have timeless and universal appeal.
Eleutherae is the name of a small ancient Greek town in the borders of Attica with Boeotia. The worship of God Dionysus was first established there. The walls of the city’s fortress are preserved to date. Eleutherae is also the name of a village in the Municipality of Paggaio. Until the Population Exchange between Greece
Hecuba was the second wife of King Priam of Troy and mother of, among others, Hector and Paris. Euripides wrote a tragedy entitled Hecuba.
Grigorios Zalykis was a scholar, author and diplomat. He was born in Thessaloniki in 1785 and died in 1827. In Paris, he founded the secret organisation called “Greek-speaking Hotel”. He fought for the liberation of Greece.
Peace (Eirene) is a humanitarian ideal, that is a prerequisite condition for the existence, preservation and development of moral and cultural values and the harmonious social co-existence free of violent conflicts. Eirene was also the name of a goddess of Greek mythology, daughter of Jeus and Themis and sister of Dike and Eunomia.
Edessa is a historic city of Central Macedonia, at the foot of Mt Vermio, with a continuous presence since the Ancient Times. It was founded by the Macedonian King Heraclid Caranus, who turned the city into the capital of his kingdom.
