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Eating
6
Filistron
€€
MEZEDHES
It's wise to book a prized table on the rooftop terrace of this excellent
mezedhopoleio
,
which enjoys breathtaking Acropolis and Lykavittos views. Specialising in regional
cuisine, it has a great range of tasty mezedhes - try the grilled vegetables with haloumi or
the Mytiline onions stuffed with rice and mince - and an extensive Greek wine list.
(
210
346 7554; Apostolou Pavlou 23, Thisio; mezedhes €8-14;
lunch & dinner Tue-Sun;
Thisio)
Understand
Early Greek Philosophers
Late 5th- and early-4th-century-BC philosophers Aristotle, Plato and Socrates introduced new ways of thinking
rooted not in the mysticism of myths, but rather in rationality, with a focus on logic and reason. Athens' greatest
citizen, Socrates (469-399 BC), was forced to drink hemlock for his disbelief in the old gods, but before he died
he bequethed a school of hypothetical reductionism that is still used today. Plato (427-347 BC), his star student,
was responsible for documenting his teacher's thoughts for posterity. Considered an idealist, he wrote
The Repub-
lic
as a warning to the city-state of Athens that unless its people respected law, leadership and educated its youth
sufficiently, it would be doomed. His student Aristotle (384-322 BC), at the end of the Golden Age, was the per-
sonal physician to Philip II, King of Macedon, and the tutor of Alexander the Great, and focused his gifts on as-
tronomy, physics, zoology, ethics and politics. The greatest gift of the Athenian philosophers to modern-day
thought is their spirit of rational inquiry.
7
Gevomai Kai Magevomai
€
TAVERNA
Stroll off the pedestrian way to find this small corner taverna with marble-topped tables.
Neighbourhood locals know it as one of the best for home-cooked, simple food with the
freshest ingredients.
(
210 345 2802;
www.gevome-magevome.gr
; Nileos 11, Thisio; mains €6-9;
lunch &
dinner Tue-Sun;
;
Thisio)
