By the (breaking) sea wave: A “Fluxus Eleatis” Discourse

Mr. FFF: Παρα θιν αλος. By the breaking sea wave. MM: I see Priest Chryses praying. For his daughter Chryseis

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When eros makes life impossible: A “Fluxus Eleatis” discourse

In the surging swell, In the ringing sound, In the world-breath In the waves of the All To drown, To

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The Sea: A “Fluxus Eleatis” discourse

Archilochus: Look Glaucus! Already waves are disturbing the deep sea and a cloud stands straight round about the heights of Gyrae, a

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Venice: A “Fluxus Eleatis” Discourse

Michel Foucault:  Discourse operates in four major ways. Discourse creates a world; discourse generates knowledge and “truth”; discourse says something

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The late Mattia Pascal – Ο μακαριτης Μαθιος Πασκαλης

Introduction For the moment (and God knows how much it pains me), I have died already twice, but the first

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Golo Mann: The History of Germany since 1789 – Part I

Born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann, he was the third son of the novelist Thomas Mann and his wife Katia Mann.

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Real Greece, Part III: Odysseus Elytis – Η πραγματικη Ελλαδα, Μερος ΙΙΙ: Οδυσσεας Ελυτης

“Εάν αποσυνδέσεις την Ελλάδα, στο τέλος θα δεις να σου απομένουν μια ελιά, ένα αμπέλι κι ένα καράβι. Που σημαίνει:

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The Greek Writer Aris Alexandrou – Ο λογοτέχνης και ποιητής Άρης Αλεξάνδρου

Today I want to pay tribute to Aris Alexandrou, a Greek writer who became known for his novel “The Mission

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1001 Ways to Die – (3) Heinrich von Kleist, Writer

2011 will mark the 200th anniversary of the death of the great German writer Heinrich von Kleist. Kleist was born

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The poet Nikos Karouzos – Ο Ποιητης Νικος Καρουζος

«άντε μωρέ παλιόκοσμε / που θα κάτσω / να προγραμματίσω» Ο Ρόντρικ Μπίτον, στην Εισαγωγή στη Νεότερη Ελληνική Λογοτεχνία, σε

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