Pericles
‘What I didn’t know was whether I would die like a dog or with some dignity’
His grandfather, Yiannis Dedes, was a member of the Political Committee of National Liberation, widely known as the "Mountain Government," of the Communist-led EAM-ELAS resistance movement. His uncle, Sotiris Dedes, was a founding member of the Democratic Defense, an anti-dictatorial resistance organization in which his father was also actively involved.
Suspect arrested for murder of Mykonos surveyor to testify Thursday
A 44-year-old man arrested over last week's murder of 54-year-old engineer/surveyor Panagiotis Stathis in Athens, is expected t appear before an investigative magistrate n Thursday.
Noose tightens around Mykonos mafia
In the wake of last week's murder of 54-year-old engineer/surveyor Panagiotis Stathis in Athens, police authorities are coming down heavily on rival gangs vying for dominance in areas such as entertainment, catering and property sales on the island of Mykonos.
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Greek History & Culture Seminars: Prof David M. Pritchard to deliver online lecture on Athenian Funeral Oration
The funeral oration was a tradition observed almost annually for classical Athenians fallen in war
Sailing the Aegean trade routes, Neolithic-style
The Aegean has been a sea of commerce ever since the dawn of the Neolithic Age, and obsidian was one of its most sought-after and valuable exports.
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An Acropolis guide for curious young minds
If Athens' population is estimated at roughly 4 million today, back in ancient times, Attica as a whole was home to just 300,000 to 400,000 people, the majority of whom resided in the valley around the Acropolis and the Agora, the center of political, social and commercial activity.
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Yale strengthens ties with University of Athens
Pericles Lewis, Douglas Tracy Smith Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English at Yale University, serves as dean of Yale College. He owes his Greek name to his father's love for the Greek historian Thucydides.
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“The Mail on Sunday” – Mitsotakis article on the “reunificaton” of the Parthenon Sculptures
An article by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is hosted by the British newspaper "The Mail on Sunday", in which he calls on his British counterpart to seize the opportunity at this time, and the current generation to be the one to finally reunite the Parthenon Sculptures.
Here is the full text of the Prime Minister's article:
Is it too early to speculate on a post-corona new world order?: Op-ed
The new world order has not come into being as one would have expected in the wake of the Soviet collapse 30 years ago. In fact, it is still in the making, with no signs of settling down. The current coronavirus pandemic, which is ravaging every corner of the world, could perhaps bring this distant prospect closer to us than imagined.
When French historians of ancient Greece conquered the world
Australians continue to study the celebrated funeral oration attributed to Pericles at school and at university. Often the French are surprised to learn this. For them, Australia is simply a distant land with fierce bushfires and very strange animals. Yet studying ancient Greece in Australia dates back to the arrival of Europeans two centuries ago.