The Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia: a haven of biodiversity
One of the most important attractions in the prefecture of Kilkis is the Balkan Botanic Garden of...
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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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The Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia: a haven of biodiversity
One of the most important attractions in the prefecture of Kilkis is the Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia. It is located in Pontokerasia, a village near Kilkis, about 70 kilometers from Thessaloniki. The garden is located in the deciduous oak forests of Mount Mavrovouni, part of the Kroussia mounta...
Reading Greece: Jennifer R. Kellogg on the Challenges of Translating the Poetry of George Seferis into English
Jennifer R. Kellogg is a literary translator from Modern Greek and holds a PhD in Modern Languages and Literatures from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). In 2019 she was an Emerging Translator Mentee of the American Literary Translators Association. She was awarded the 2024 Elizabeth Constan...
Dimitrios Koutsogiannis on teaching Modern Greek in the current global linguistic environment
Dimitrios Koutsogiannis is Professor Emeritus of Educational Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and associate president of the Center for the Greek Language. His research interests and publications focus on teaching of Modern Greek as a first and seco...