Archie’s Column

The Naughty Goddess of Love

Homer in his epics and Hymns, speaks of the arrival of Aphrodite at her Sanctuary in “old” Paphos (known today as “kouklia”)… and refers to it as her sweet-smelling temple. Here she spent her morning studying the possibility of love between men and women. She experimented with cosmetics, perfumes, and costumes that could be used for inflaming love (Aphrodisiacs?)… She ... Read More

My Cyprus

…. “Hi, we have a gap and would love it if you wrote something about Cyprus!” … (oh, here we go again) … “Cyprus?! Oh come on Andreas! What to write about ?!!!”, I said. .. He tilted his head slightly towards his wireless mouthpiece (despite the fact that it’s hooked on his ear) and replied oh so eloquently “… ... Read More

Music Lessons

… We start off with the big “F” horn which vibrates deep sounds. The typical pitch of a medium horn is said to be B flat below middle C. The “G” vuvuzela, unknown until a few weeks ago, is now the most popular and most used musical instrument in the world… ever… at that! Over 1.5 million sold and exports ... Read More

Life Ease Beach

… The other day when I was in Larnaca I had about two hours to kill before a late afternoon family “do”. The most obvious thing for me to do in the scorching heat was to go and cool off on a beach somewhere. My first stop was “Finikoudes” marine parade. Parking was easy but when I stepped out onto ... Read More

Being Aphrodite

Aphrodite Uranus Hesiod associates her birth with the very act of the creation of the world itself. It happened when Uranus (Heaven) and his wife Gaia (Earth) split up. Uranus refused to allow his children to emerge into the light, and thus furious Gaia conspired with her son Cronus and one night whilst she was embracing Uranus, Cronus sprang up ... Read More

Alpha 1999

… I remember once upon a time, many decades ago, when I was but a small boy… playing, shouting, laughing, crying… perpetually and unconditionally immersing myself in fantasy and imagination … enthusing each day, living spontaneously and excited about every moment and inch of existence… for this is what I see when I look at children … I also remember ... Read More

2011 ! … Its not over yet!

Well, I’m sitting in the village, wondering what the final month of 2011 will bring to us. Indeed, 2011 has been a year of dramatic change all over the world; a kind of re-shuffling of the “has been’s”, that are now being replaced by the so-called “new bee’s”. Is the world sick and tired of how things have turned out ... Read More