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Showing posts with label Samos. Show all posts
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Friday, August 8, 2014

Samos: The Aegean Island Favored by the Muses

It is said that when the Muses need inspiration, they go to the Island of Samos, known since antiquity as 'The Island of the Blest.' Assembling first at Delphi, the Nine Sisters engage the Charioteer to escort them to this enchanted island, preferring to arrive in the dark black of night, guided by a single bright light on the mountaintop.

The light is said to represent the spirit of Pythagoras, philosopher and mathematician, and other creative ancients born on this unique, Aegean Island. It is the very land on which Pythagoras walked and contemplated the relationship between right angles and celestial bodies and the elegant harmony of the spheres.