Greek mythology

Police said Monday that they had cracked the case of an accountant murdered in his home in Nikaia, near Piraeus, in August, announcing the arrest of his 24-year-old nephew. The 54-year-old had died after suffering multiple stab wounds.

According to the investigation the two men had quarreled before the stabbing over personal differences.

In the Yuntdağı region of the western province of Manisa's Yunusemre district, excavation works have commenced in order to unearth the Temple of Athena in the ancient city of Aigai.

Archeologists have rolled up their sleeves to find the Temple of Athena, in the 2,800-year-old ancient city of Aigai, which appeared in 19th-century excavation research by German archeologists.

The National Theater of Northern Greece is back home after a summer tour with its production of the third play in Aeschylus' Oedipus-themed trilogy, "Seven Against Thebes," where the blind king's curse dooming his sons to divide the kingdom by the sword finally comes to pass.

The oil slik caused near the island of Salamina on Sunday when crude oil tanker “Agia Zoni II” sank has spread to the port of Piraeus. The pollution reached the region of Frettyda, a residential area in Piraeus located in the southeastern part of the city near the Zea harbour.

Services on the Athens-Piraeus urban electric railway (ISAP) will be disrupted on Tuesday and Friday when employees are planning work stoppages to protest transfers and streamlining at the organization.

Specifically, there will be no services after 9 p.m. on Tuesday nor on Friday between noon and 3 p.m.

The three ports serving the Greek capital - Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio - saw a continued increase in traffic on Monday as holidaymakers started returning to Athens, authorities said.

The Environment Museum of Stymphalia examines the interdependence of mankind and nature and their harmonious coexistence in the Stymphalia basin in the Greek region of Corinth.

Passengers are seen boarding a ferry at Piraeus port on Saturday ahead of the August 15 national holiday, traditionally viewed as the peak of the Greek summer season. An estimated 23,760 passengers left the country's main port for the Aegean islands on Friday. Another 8,648 and 3,150 reportedly departed from the ports of Rafina and Lavrio on the same day.

Ruins of an ancient Roman neighbourhood described as a "little Pompeii", have been discovered on a site intended for social housing in southern France, The Independent reported.

Called an "exceptional discovery" by the French culture ministry, the 7,000sq m (75,000 sq ft) find in Vienne, a small town to the south of Lyon, includes luxury house and public buildings.

Unconventional French writer, director and actor Olivier Py presents a modern interpretation of Aeschylus' "Prometheus Bound" and "The Suppliants" at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus as part of the Greek Festival on Friday and Saturday, August 4-5.