Greek Odyssey: Mount Olympus and Beyond (1 of 3)

Playlist with all 4 episodes: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCBCC97F406FD9415

Joanna Lumley's Greek Odyssey
Episode: 4 of 4
Title: Mount Olympus and Beyond

In this episode Joanna meets the people and discovers places in the mountainous region of northern Greece. Here the hills are alive with ancient stories and legends. Some familiar, others long since gone untold.

Where better to start than a climb up Mount Olympus, the country's highest peak. Here, the ancient Greeks believed that the gods had their dwelling place, where they meted out punishments and blessings upon the mere mortals, thousands of feet below. She meets the modern gods of today, sporting athletes who taking part in the brutal challenge of the Mount Olympus marathon.

Joanna travels east to discover more legends and traditions off the beaten track. She is quite unprepared for a women's rude fortune telling festival, which has origins dating back to Homer. Poems are read out to large crowds, telling of someone's future, but often these revelations are quite shocking and vulgar.

Joanna also explores a magnificent church that was built in just forty days and discovers the otherworldly landscape of Meteora, where Orthodox monks still inhabit the monasteries in the sky.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Joanna
• Lumley's
• Greek
• Odyssey
• Greece
• land
• Ancient
• Greeks
• Borderlands
• Islands
• Mount
• Olympus

[FinalApocalypse]

Oh my fucking God.. I'm Greek and i've still never seen some of these sights.. I know they exist.

I know they are gorgeous. I'll prefer to explore all of Greece first and then go beyond. Almost cried with most episodes. Thank you very much.. :)

[ARHEGONOS1]

WHAT CAN I SAY..........???I AM CRYING.....THX GOD...WE HAVE U.....AND U...KNOW...WHAT MEANS....GREECE====THE LAND..OF LIGHT......XILIA EYXAISTW....IF U BE HERE AGAIN....I HAVE TO OFFER U MANY MANY DRINKS..OF OUZOS....HE HE.....POLLA POLLA FILKIA...

[cutiebalulol]

so exellenent they made a wisconsin dells hotel of it...;)

[cutiebalulol]

iv'e been to greece 6 times......im 10 :)

[bananabread3ify]

where is the gorge of the muses? I'm taking a trip to greece and i really want to go there! comment if you know! :)

[idrinkmymilk]

hahaha this thing with the coffee is one of my fav and 1st time watch it in a series about hellenic tradition, u are superb , thank you

[iluvnola123]

Thank you so much for uploading this! I'm a huge Joanna Lumley fan but I live in American and couldn't find this airing on television anywhere. Cheers xx