Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
‘Kallos: The Ultimate Beauty’ Exhibition Opens in Athens
The President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou celebrated the opening of the new exhibition at the Museum of Cycladic Art in Athens, "Kallos: The Ultimate Beauty," on Monday.
The exhibition features over 300 works of art from ancient Greece...
Ancient Greece
Boris Johnson Wants to Be “Boreas,” the Ancient Greek God of North Wind
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson dedicated his address at the UN General Assembly to climate change, and gave a nod to the ancient Greek god Boreas while doing so.
Johnson said that "We have put in great forests of beautiful...
Ancient Greece
Are Greek Letters Like Alpha or Zeta Trademark Protected?
We frequently see letters of the Greek alphabet used across culture. Everything from fraternities and sororities to variants of COVID-19 don names from the Greek alphabet. Although the letters of the Greek alphabet are thousands of years old and...
Ancient Greece
Leaders as Healers: Ancient Greek Ideas on the Health of the Body Politic
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Ancient Greek philosophers including Plato likened civic leaders to doctors, creating a healthy society through balance and moderation. Those ideas feed into what we expect from leaders today.
By Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides
In the current health crisis, we might ask what needs to...
Ancient Greece
Statue of Ancient Greek Goddess Hygieia Unearthed in Turkey
A statue of the ancient Greek goddess Hygieia, the goddess of health and cleanliness, was unearthed on Thursday in Aizanoi, in what is now central Turkey.
Viewed as the guardian or the personification of health, the goddess is always portrayed...
Greece
On This Day in 2004: The Opening Ceremony of the Athens Olympics
On this day in 2004, the Athens Olympics held its historic opening ceremony celebration. Athens had been chosen as the host site for the XXVIII Olympiad at the 106th IOC session in Lausanne, Switzerland on September 5, 1997.
The games...
Ancient Greece
Hades: The New Greek Mythology Game Taking Over Consoles Worldwide
Hades is a roguelike Greek mythology videogame developed and published by Supergiant games. The game was initially released for MacOS, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo Switch on September 17, 2020, and quickly took the gaming world by storm. The game...
Ancient Greece
Blowing Up the Parthenon: The Power of a Symbol
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The Parthenon has been seen as central to the history of Western civilisation. But the building has a troubled past that is somewhat at odds with our ideas of democratic values
Tourism
Corfu: Everything You Need to Know About the Idyllic Greek Island
Corfu is one of Greece's most beautiful and storied islands. It shares its name with its city, Corfu, the capital of the Ionian Islands.
Ancient Greece
UN Head Calls For Olympic Truce for Tokyo Games
UN Secretary-General Guterres called on all parties currently engaging in hostilities throughout the world to observe the Olympic truce.