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Bacchus Sculptures – Three examples of Greek Art
Great Art is a mix of two basic components. The first is the accumulation of the past. The second is
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“Συζητούμεν δηλαδή επί ανυπάρκτων υποθέσεων.”
Την 1η Ιανουαρίου 1959 ο τότε Υπουργός Εξωτερικών της Ελλάδος Ευάγγελος Αβέρωφ έγραψε μια επιστολή – απάντηση στον τότε Πρέσβη
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Η γλώσσα του Ελληνικού Εμφυλίου Πολέμου 1946-1949
Πρώτη δημοσίευση την 25η Μαρτίου 2014 Εισαγωγή Ο Εμφυλιος Πολεμος του 1946-1949 αποτελει θεμελιωδες γεγονος για τη νεωτερη ελληνικη ιστορια
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Aphrodite (Venus), Pan and Eros: A sculpture in the National Archaelogical Museum of Athens
Originally published on the 26th November 2013. The National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Greece, is a museum with many treasures.
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The definition of “arete” by Aristotle in the Nicomachean Ethics
Originally published on the 18th February 2015. Introduction We often talk about “arete“, or “virtue“, although the Latin-based word is
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The Marathon Dam and Lake
Originally published on the 18th May 2014. For 11 years I lived in a small village called Kaletzi (or Vothon)
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6th – 7th September 1955, Istanbul: Pogrom against the Greeks
This post was first published on the 9th September 2010. In their 7th September 1956 edition, the New York Times
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Το σπίτι της γιαγιάς του Γιώργου Σεφέρη στη Σκάλα, κοντά στη Σμύρνη – George Seferis Grandmother’s House in Iskele, near Izmir, Turkey
Edited on the 4th November 2024. First published on the 24th May 2020. Ο Γιώργος Σεφέρης όταν ήταν παιδί πέρναγε
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Smyrna, September 1922: When Paradise turned into Hell
Introduction The Smyrna 1922 burning and butchery is a tragedy. Tragedies cannot be described adequately. But the statements of eyewitnesses
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