A Tribute to Hypatia
Hypatia was a brilliant Greek mathematician, astronomer, and Neoplatonist philosopher who lived in...
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Jani Christou: The avant-garde composer as a philosopher
Jani Christou (Greek:Γιάννης Χρήστου, 9 January 1926 – 8 January 1970) was a Greek avant-garde...
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Aylon Lyceum opens its gates
Aylon Lyceum is a new cultural space which opens its gates to the public in November; its first exhibition, “Democracy and Eudemonia”, invites visitors to explore Greek philosophical thinking and the ways to live well in a state, through an interactive experience where each exhibit is also a challenge.
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Freud visiting the Acropolis: the father of psychoanalysis’ “disturbance of memory” and his relation to ancient Greek thought
Sigmund Freud was already 48 when he travelled to Athens in 1904. He experienced a feeling of astonishment and disbelief that puzzled him and which he described in a text, titled ‘A Disturbance of Memory on the Acropolis’ is now considered a key point of reference. We examine the relation of Freud and his psychoanalytic theories to Ancient Greek thought and the myths of Narcissus and Oedipus
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A Tribute to Plato
A tribute to arguably the most important philosopher of Ancient Greece, Plato.
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ELIAM: Preserving the heritage of Greek presence in the Eastern Mediterranean
ELIAM (Greek Historical Archives of the Eastern Mediterranean) is a new digital archive, dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of Greek presence in the Eastern Mediterranean during the modern era. The project aims at showcasing the multicultural and multiethnic context in which Greeks l...
Greek inscriptions on buildings worldwide
As it is known, the Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations have formed the foundation stone for Western culture; hence, Greek and Latin were for centuries an integral part of formal education in the West. Greek and Latin philosophers, orators, poets and tragedians were extensively studied, analyzed a...
Reading Greece: Kiriakos Charitos– “Children’s books offer you immense possibilities. You can tell stories of the utmost fantasy and make them ‘real’”
Kiriakos Haritos was born in Greece in 1977 and grew up in Australia. He studied Cultural Management and Communications at the Panteion University of Athens and obtained a MA in Contemporary Theatre Practice from the University of Essex. He worked as an actor at the Shifting Shands theatre company f...