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Riace Bronzes Await to Be Housed in Magna Græcia

The two most famous ancient Greek statues of Southern Italy – the Riace bronzes- have been outside the museum in which they should be hosted for three years now, due to extension and renovation works, and it remains unknown...

Houvardas' Last Play, Mourning Becomes Electra

The Greek National Theatre is presenting Eugene O’Neill’s Mourning Becomes Electra, every Wednesday until May 19 in the theater’s Main Stage, but all the shows are sold out. O’Neill’s story is a retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus. After the...

Anarchy at Home Blows Up Tsipras' U.S. Tour

That noise you heard when a bomb exploded at the Athens Mall was any chance that Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) leader Alexis Tsipras ever had of becoming Greece’s leader, not that he had one anyway. With his party...

Aeschylus’ ‘Oresteia’ Takes the Stage in Hollywood

Aeschylus' "Oresteia," a trilogy that tells the story of the house of Atreus, finds a home onstage in Hollywood this weekend. Opening Friday, Dec. 7 and running through Sunday, Dec. 9, the play is translated and directed by Lucas Thanos....