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On Saturday, November 20, the presentation ceremony for awarding the Certificates of Attainment in Greek to the candidates who sat the May 2024 examinations was hosted at the Greek Center, following the appointment of the Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) as the official examination cen

Who are you?

That most basic question perplexes people, just as it did when Greek dramatist Sophocles wrote about the cursed king Oedipus two and a half millennia ago.

18th century saw the rise of complex animated figures, drawing from earlier concepts known in the time of the ancient Greeks

Prominent professor and Hellenist Roderick Beaton took the oath to become a Greek citizen at a ceremony held at the Bank of Greece on Tuesday.

It is 88% effective she told Greek TV

Students of the Delos-Dimitra Hatoupi Drama School present the final weekend of "The Stones Speak," a cultural and tourism initiative directed by Efi Theodorou. Watch as theater students read the works of major Greek philosophers including Sophocles and Plato, as well as Homer, in Greek, English and French.

Greeks celebrated Valentine's Day on Wednesday adding books to their baskets next to the traditional blazing red roses, fluffy dolls and chocolates.

"The Fall of Athens," Gail Holst-Warhaft's heartbreaking yet uplifting book on Greece and the Greeks, begins with a link to a song. "A song every Greek knows. It's by Vassilis Tsitsanis," she notes. It is "Synnefiasmeni Kyriaki" (Cloudy Sunday). An anthem of sorrow, written during the German occupation, it is a cry of pain and resignation and, at the same time, of hope and resilience.

When journalism lacks a modicum of common sense, and fails miserably to do the most basic of research then the outcome is bound to be disastrous and in some cases quite damaging for the reputation of people.

In Sophocles' last surviving tragedy, Oedipus arrives at the village of Colonus, on the outskirts of Athens. Now a stranger, blind and in rags, he seeks hospitality after 10 years of wandering. His time has come: He needs a final resting place. His sole supporter is his daughter/sister Antigone. Stavros Tsakiris's production adopts the style of narrative theater.