John Sheldon's photos

Zeus, the chief god in Greek mythology, spent his infancy on the island of Crete. He was nourished by milk from a goat called Amalthea. Zeus accidentally broke off one of his nurse's horns. He blessed the horn so that it would always be full of what its owner desired. So came into being the concept of Amalthea's horn, the Cornucopia or in English the 'horn of plenty' - a symbol of abundance. Speculation: The Minoan diet included octopus which was plentiful in the surrounding waters, and images of those creatures appear often in their art work. Is this why the sculptors, Nikos and Pandelis Sotiriadi, have made the horn of plenty resemble a tentacle?

The month of May is not in the high season for tourism in the Greek islands but there are still crowds of ferry passengers leaving and joining the ferry at each port.

The month of May is not in the high season for tourism in the Greek islands but there are still crowds of ferry passengers leaving and joining the ferry at each port.

The month of May is not in the high season for tourism in the Greek islands but there are still crowds of ferry passengers leaving and joining the ferry at each port.

A lonely red boat is dwarfed by the high cliff face on the coastline of Santorini in the Cyclades.

A controversial picture? Objections to tourist invasions have been in the news lately. Perhaps my picture reflects the views of the people who are objecting.

The month of May is not in the high season for tourism in the Greek islands but there are still crowds of ferry passengers leaving and joining the ferry at each port.

Workshop at Folklore Art Museum Of Cycladic Civilization at Alyki, Paros, Cyclades. Benetos Skiadas, a fisherman by trade, managed to revive the Greek Tradition by creating his unique, functional and hand made miniatures using materials only from the Cycladic land.

An inlet of the Aegean Sea at the small village of Naoussa, on the north coast of the Island of Paros. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin can be seen to the right of the picture.