Athens

Legend has it that Athena became the patron goddess of Athens when its citizens chose her gift of an olive tree over the sea god Poseidon’s offering of a spring (which, unhelpfully, spouted salty wate

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Cultural Crusader

BETTANY HUGHES on bringing seven magnificent monuments to life

Venetian fortresses, Ottoman mosques and historic family bakeries combine in this ancient city on Crete’s northwestern coast

GREECE AND summer go hand in hand. Maybe your picture-postcard Greek summer involves scarlet bougainvillea tumbling down over blue doorways; cats slinking through whitewashed alleyways. You may even b