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Tsarouchi. A tsarouchi ( Greek: τσαρούχι; plural: τσαρούχια; from Turkish çarık) is a type of shoe, which is typically known nowadays as part of the traditional uniform worn by the Evzones of the Greek Presidential Guard. [1]
Christina Chrysoula Tsoukala ( Greek: Χριστίνα Χρυσούλα Τσουκαλά, born 8 July 1991) is a water polo player currently playing for Olympiacos and the Greece women's national water polo team. [1] [2] [3] She was part of the Greece national team awarded the gold medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships which took place ...
5 years, renewable once. Inaugural holder. Anargyros Petrakis. Formation. 1836. Website. www.cityofathens.gr. The mayor of Athens is the head of Athens. The current mayor is Haris Doukas who assumed office on 1 January 2024.
Clothing in ancient Greece refers to clothing starting from the Aegean bronze age (3000 BCE) to the Hellenistic period (31 BCE). [ 1] Clothing in ancient Greece included a wide variety of styles but primarily consisted of the chiton, peplos, himation, and chlamys. [ 2] Ancient Greek civilians typically wore two pieces of clothing draped about ...
Invented in 1952 by Virginia Apgar. Disposable diapers. The first disposable diaper was invented in 1946 by Marion Donovan, a professional-turned-housewife who wanted to ensure her children's cloth diapers remained dry while they slept. [ 12] Donovan patented her design (called 'Boaters') in 1951.
Soccus. A soccus ( pl. socci) or sýkkhos ( Greek: σύκχος, pl. sýkkhoi ), sometimes given in translation as a slipper, was a loosely fitting slip-on shoe [2] in Ancient Greece and Rome with a leather sole and separate leather, bound without the use of hobnails. The word appears to originate from the languages of ancient Anatolia.
During the past decades, the position of women in Greek society has changed dramatically. Efharis Petridou was the first female lawyer in Greece; in 1925 she joined the Athens Bar Association. [ 31][ 32] The women of Greece won the right to vote in 1952. In 1955, women were first allowed to become judges in Greece.
Shoe designers have described a very large number of shoe styles, including the following: Leather ballet shoes, with feet shown in fifth position. A cantabrian albarca is a rustic wooden shoe in one piece, which has been used particularly by the peasants of Cantabria, northern Spain.