by Teos Romvos Within me storm, fog and sorrow. From my fingers flow rows of words, discourses spring out, entwined with passion and rage, sentences grow imbued with the destruction of landscapes, threats take aim from all sides, trials, cries and howls for respect towards the planet which hosts us, struggles for this group of […]
An environmental travelogue of Syros, through the eyes and the hearts of a group of pupils from the 2ndLyceum of Syros in 2000. You can read it or download it here
Legend: VISITOR “Yiannis the American” (John H. Pearson), who found joy in reforestation, spent many years of his life in Old Cave, planting trees. He passed away on September 14, 2001, and as per his wishes, his ashes were scattered in his favorite place. By Teos Romvos As early as its dawn, human civilization […]
By Achilles Dimitropoulos The Cyclades Were, and still are, the main passage in the migration of birds from and to Africa. Among these birds there always were some rather rare birds of prey as the Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), the Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliacal), the Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) and various species of falcons […]
By Achilles Dimitropoulos The Aegean space, and especially the Cyclades, has been a rich field of study for herpetologists, and Syros often hosted researchers interested in amphibians and reptiles. The geographical isolation of the islands, which led to the creation of characteristic subspecies, has attracted those scientists who were specialized in the study of […]
by Achilles Dimitropoulos CONTINUING THE TRIBUTE to the fauna of the Cyclades, Syros Letters are now attempting to approach a less known and least studied group, the Mammals. The first references to this issue were made by Tournefort (1717), Erhard (1858) and Heldreich (1878). To date, the related works are an exception in the international […]
The islands of the Cyclades, because of their position and their historical significance, mark the dawn of Greek culture. The particularly favourable conditions of the Aegean sea, the climate, the open horizons and the possibilities of communication between the islands gradually changed the mentality of the first settlers, who shifted from being shepherds and farmers […]
