Greek mythology

As the March 29 deadline for an agreement on Britain's exit from the European Union approaches, it becomes ever more incomprehensible that a people with such a great history can persist with such a destructive course without anyone else imposing it upon them.

Archaeologists have discovered a fresco in an ancient Pompeii residence that portrays the mythological hunter Narcissus, who fell in love with his own reflection.

A prosecutor in Lamia, central Greece, has ordered an investigation into the deaths of two children - a 13-year-old girl and a 9-year-old boy - after being treated for peritonitis at the city's general hospital and their subsequent transfer to the capital's Aglaia Kyriakou children's hospital.

During the first decade of this century, Greece felt like a country where things were happening. Businesses were flourishing, the headline economic indicators were rosy and Greece was a proud new member of the core of Europe. The 2004 Olympic Games in many ways epitomized a unique way of Greek achievement.

The researcher and writer Özgen Acar has released a new book called "Çoban Herkül'ü Yordu" (Çoban Tired Heracles), chronicling the unknown facts about the smuggling of historical artifacts in the ancient city of Perge in southern Turkey over the last half century.

Archaeology, a magazine published by the Archaeological Institute of America, has released its list of the top 10 discoveries of 2018, with two ancient Greek finds making the list.

Odysseus is stuck in the 180-percent-of-GDP debt land. He dreams of his beloved Ithaca, which is below-60-percent-of-GDP debt land. Life is much sweeter where he came from, and he wants to go home. Fortunately, Odysseus is cunning and courageous and is willing to travel long, with discipline and flexibility.

International visitors to Athens now have the opportunity to expand their cultural scope, as performances at a landmark theater in the center of the Greek capital now feature English supertitles.

At a time when the credibility of the country and its businesses is in doubt, bringing producers into contact with traders who receive guarantees that a transaction will be completed as agreed could be one of the most important services a bank can offer, besides financing.

Axion Hellas, a Greek non-profit orrganization, recently rerenovated fully a small military outpost on the small island of Psarra, in the eastern Aegean, with the donation of two prominent members of the Greek maritime community.

The organization is funded exclusively by its members and private sponsors, without ever receiving economic support from the Greek state.