"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity."
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio
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Please note! There are dozens of historic and fascinating photographs to be found in the Kythera Cultural Archive section of this site.
My name is Georgios Haros tou Nikolao, Vlastos is my family’s Parapitheto/parastoukili. The term Vlastos refers to the spring time when the flowers blossom they are called Vlastadia. We have no idea how that relates to u...
In August 2005 when we travelled to Kythera to attend the "Discover your Roots" event at Hora, we stayed in the village of Fratsia. It was our habit most evenings to wander down to the main square to buy a cool drink or...
- A Short Story about My Mother. This article was written for The Kytherian under The Kytherian Cinema Supplement The Picture Show Men – August 2001 and was then adapted for The Greek Australian VEMA in March 2003. Anna...
Nicholas (Nick) Comino, together with his sister, Melpomeni, arrived in Australia on the SS Cephee on 29 February, 1924. Nick had been born on the island of Kythera, a small island off the tip of the Peloponnesian penins...
