Hello. Doctor Anita Johnston here and I am in Palau right now. Wait, where is Palau? Well, Palau is south of Guam. Where is Guam? Well, both Guam and Palau, are part of the Micronesian islands. Polynesia, which most people know about, includes Hawaii and Tahiti. Then...
Hello Dr. Anita Johnston here. I’m at the Little Theater in Epidaurus and I’m going to tell you the story about Demeter & Persephone. There were once these two goddesses. Demeter was the mother goddess, and her daughter’s name was Persephone. The story goes that...
Hello Dr. Anita Johnston here. I am at the theater in Epidaurus, the great healing center. This amphitheater could seat 14,000 people. From the very top of this amphitheater, you can see how vast it is. The acoustics are such that all the way down in the center, they...
Hello, Dr. Anita Johnston here. I am here in Greece at the Sunken City. Somewhere beneath that water is a city, and I am going to take you with me as I go looking for it. Somewhere out there is a 5,000 year old city that was sunk by an earthquake many years ago. I am...
Hello, Dr. Anita Johnston here. I am at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece where the columns of statues of six women remind me of the story of Lysistrata. For thousands of years there have been many performances at this theater of Dionysis. And Lysistrata would have been...
