Ulysses

Bloomsday is celebrated every 16th June by book lovers around the world. Named after Leopold Bloom, the central character in James Joyce's path-breaking novel 'Ulysses', it marks Thursday 16th June 1904, the date on which the novel follows the life and thoughts of Bloom, and a host of other characters, as he makes his way around his native city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland.

Athens 2018 World Book Capital and the Embassy of Ireland present an exhibition on the life and work of James Joyce (1882-1941), the modernist avant-garde pioneer who drew inspiration from Homer to give us one of humanity's great pieces of literature, "Ulysses." The opening of the show, which will be held at the Kerameikos metro station in downtown Athens through November 30, will take place at