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Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrates his birthday today and reporters asked him, after the Milwaukee Bucks’ game…
The Greek Wikipedia completes 20 years of its existence – How the free content online repository of entries and multimedia was developed.
Faithful to the doctrine of incendiary statements, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan wasted no time in seizing…
Speaking on the latest episode of the Ouzo Talk Podcast, Sydney University’s Sir Nicholas Laurantos Chair in Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Professor Vrasidas Karalis, explains how Quinn ‘created’ the character of Zorba for the 1964 Michael Cacoyannis film, Zorba the Greek.
The Greek Epics of the Iliad and the Odyssey are well known, but what is…
Yifan Zhang’s recent artworks, piece of a collection that he calls ‘Restoring Ancient Ways’, is laden with themes inspired by Ancient Greece and has piqued the interest of the art world. Greek City Times speaks to Yifan Zhang and takes a closer look at his latest works.
The Odyssey – Homer’s Odyssey is regarded as one of the greatest stories of all…
Consumers have been surprised to learn the hidden ancient Greek meaning behind the brand name Ajax, a popular brand of household cleaning products and detergents made by Colgate-Palmolive.
BBC Culture asked writing experts around the globe to pick stories that have endured across…
Not many would think that the Ancient Greek poet Homer made first mention of the…
April 24, 1479 B.C.E, the Trojans learned they should beware of Greeks bearing gifts, especially…
Witches are consistently found in mythology all over the world, and unsurprisingly, that also includes…
An amazing mosaic depicting scenes from Homer’s Iliad was discovered by archaeologists excavating an elaborate…
I am pleased to share with you a very special document from a forthcoming paper,…
For the first time, Homer’s heroic epic “the Odyssey” can be heard in podcast format.…
Sicily lives long in the Greek cultural imagination. Described by Homer as the “island of…
This week marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of ‘Ulysses’ by Irish writer James Joyce, widely regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. A committed philhellene. Joyce insisted that the cover of ‘Ulysses’ should match the blue of the Greek flag which hung in his Paris apartment.
Not many foods can boast a history going back over 2000 years, but every time…
Unknown to many people, the first mention of the famous Feta cheese is seemingly as…