Greek festival videos

OK, this post is special for my Xiaxia and my mom, her sisters, Spence and the rest of the family. At the Greek festival as my kids were dancing and playing, I could not help but think of aunt Cathy doing the same thing every year at the Greek festival. It was a joyous memory, and to share that with you all I took video of the kids dancing-I am sorry the 2nd one is sideways-I do not know how to turn it-if anyone knows how, please comment and let me know! Enjoy!

Big Fat Greek Festival!

We have not gone to a Greek Festival in years-it was too expensive last time and not nearly as good as the one in Utah. However, last Friday I wanted to try again, so we went to dinner at the Greek Festival-it was awesome and not even really that expensive. Including our entrance fee and our food we only spent $32-that is with dinner and dessert! Awesome right?! I will totally go again next year. Here are some pics:

The little dancers leaving and the barely older group coming on (why do I not have my kids learning Greek dance? How would I do that mom or Xiaxia?!)

The main event-eating the food!!!!

My dinner-Spanikopitia & Tiropites.
Kids area (yeah-they had a Free kids area!! Awesome!!)

And in case you wondered about Nyx (the runner up)

Nyx is Night, a powerful goddess whose dark light falls from the stars, and who dictates not only to men but also to gods. Even Zeus does not wish to upset Night.

According to http://www.loggia.com/myth/nyx.html:

"The goddess Nyx was the personification of Night in Greek mythology. One of the best sources for information about this goddess comes from the Theogony of Hesiod. A great many references are made to Nyx in this poem that describes the birth of the Greek gods and goddesses. And the explanation for this is simple - Nyx played an important role in myth as one of the first divine beings to come into existence.

Hesiod states that Night was the daughter of Chaos, which makes her one of the first creatures ever to emerge from the void. This means that Nyx was the sister to some of the oldest deities in Greek myth, including Erebus (Darkness), Gaia (the Earth), and Tartarus (the Underworld). From these primeval powers came the rest of the Greek gods and goddesses. And Nyx was responsible for bearing her share of divine children.

Nyx gave birth to a number of offspring. Some of these children of Night were Eris (Discord or Strife), the Moirai (Fates), Hypnos (Sleep), Nemesis (Retribution), Thanatos (Death), and the Hesperides. While these beings were born from the goddess alone, without a father, Nyx also had children by the god Erebus. To Erebus the goddess bore Aether (Air) and Hemera (Day)."

I don't really know why, but somehow I find her more intriguing and interesting then Hera...

A Bit about Hera...

According to Edith Hamilton's Mythology:

"Hera (Juno)

She was Zeus's wife and sister. The Titans Ocean and Tethys brought her up. She was the protector of marriage, and married women were her particular care. There is very little that is attractive in the portrait the poets draw of her. She is called, indeed, in an early poem,

Golden-throned Hera, among immortals the queen.

Chief among them in beauty, the glorious lady

All the blessed in high Olympus revere,

Honor even as Zeus, the lord of thunder.

But when any account of her gets down to details, it shows her chiefly engaged in punishing the many women Zeus fell in love with, even when they yielded only because he coerced or tricked them. It made no difference to Hera how reluctant any of them were or how innocent; the goddess treated them all alike. Her implacable anger followed them and their children too. She never forgot an injury. The Trojan War would have ended in an honorable peace, leaving both sides unconquered, if it had not been for her hatred of a Trojan who had judged another goddess lovelier than she. The wrong of her slighted beauty remained with her until Troy fell in ruins.

In one important story, the Quest of the Golden Fleece, she is the gracious protector of heroes and the inspirer of heroic deeds, but not in any other. Neverltheless she was venerated in every home. She was the goddess married women turned to for help. Ilithyia (or Eileithyia), who helped women in childbirth, was her daughter.

The cow and the peacock were sacred to her. Argos was her favorite city."

I also read elsewhere that the Pomegranete is an improtant symbol of her.

So, what do you think? Does it sound like me?! (I really hope Wes is saying no...) But, I do like pomegranets and I am beautiful...

Which Greek Goddess am I?!

So, I took this quiz, and here are my results. If you want to know what Greek God or Goddess you are, just click the link and take the quiz!

which greek god or goddess are you created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as herra you are queen of all the gods and goddesses herra 67% Nyx 58% hephaestus 58% zeus 50% aeolus 50% apollo 50% aphrodite 42% hermes 42% artemis 42% athena 33% eos 25% poseidon 25% Hades 25% ares 17%