Greek Names, Big Hair and Other Big Fat Greek Stereotypes

How many big fat Greek stereotypes are actually true in My Big Fat Greek Wedding? We discuss Greek names, big hair and THAT house to find out...

8 Ways Greek Mythology Is Used In Your Everyday Life

Greek mythology is all around us. Over the course of millennia, heroes gods and monsters of the Greek myths have been household names as examples of good or bad deeds, extreme situations, and impressive events.

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Athens - A Portrait of a Changing Metropolis

This is a film - homage to the capital of Greece by Alexandros Maragos.

Shot almost entirely from the highest rooftops, hills, and mountains of Athens at night, the film explores the urban core, the city center and beyond. A series of hyperlapse, timelapse and drivelapse shots of the city and the skyline, shows that what you feel, not what to do in Athens, greece is what matters.

Five Reasons Egypt's Alexandria Was The Ancient Capital of Culture

The cultural impact of Alexandria can only be paralleled with the one of modern London, Paris or New York. And these are the five reasons Egypt's Alexandria was the ancient Capital of Culture.

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Which Greek God Are You?

We are all human. Still, each one of us has their own " hidden superpower" that makes us overcome every problem.

Just like the ancient Greek gods, who were full of human passion and divine powers, doing everything in excess.

Now, Javier Moreno from BuzzFeed helps you discover the Greek god hidden inside you. Take the quiz and discover; are you more of a Zeus or an Aphrodite?

Greece, the Origin of Beauty And Culture

 " I see Greece as the origin of beauty and culture", says Karl Lagerfeld on the idea that brought his collection La modernité de l’Antiquité (Défilé Chanel Croisière 2017/18) to life. Classical antiquity in an idealized form has influenced the iconic designer who transforms his models into mythical creatures dressed in details inspired by Grecian dresses and ancient pottery patterns. Karl's modern goddesses walked among Doric columns, on a runway reminding of an ancient Greek temple.

True Colors: Exhibition Gives Antiquities Their Shades Back

Unlike what we learned to believe, Greece and Rome's masterpieces were originally full of color. Time and exposure to the elements gradually transformed the once multicolored marbles to the white surfaces we know, which impressed art aficionados during the Renaissance. In the 18th century, the German art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann -often considered as the father of Art History-  included whiteness as one of Classical Art's leading virtues.

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The Art of War Ancient Greek Style

In the 4th c. BC, Greek military commander Aeneas Tacticus wrote the Poliorketika, or How To Survive Under Siege, now known as the first war treatise in western literature. He was also an inventor, credited with some of the earliest cryptographic systems ever used for military purposes.

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Byzantine & Christian Museum, Athens; the Virtual Experience

Greece is much more than its ancient past. In the time when the Dark Ages were spreading across Europe, Greece and the whole Asia Minor was home to the Byzantine Empire, the natural continuity of the Roman Empire which was gradually transforming into a Greek-speaking, Orthodox Christian mega-state.

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The Odyssey Through the Eyes of its First Woman Translator

Emily Wilson, the first woman to translate the Odyssey in English, has opened a new window to Homeric words, expressions and cultural concepts, which were lost in translation by earlier male scholars. Wilson's translation features some small but radical changes to the way several Homeric expressions are explained, never seen in the 400 years of the poem's versions in English; while her version brings the reader closer to the original, it also changes the traditional conversation surrounding concepts such as freedom and slavery, human nature, or gender inequality.

Why Is The Pantheon of Rome So Awesome? What You Didn't Know

The Pantheon of Rome is one of the most impressive ancient monuments and it is considered as important as the Parthenon and the Pyramids of Egypt. And when "that wow moment" everybody has just by standing under the magnificent oculus of its dome, might be enough to justify its awesomeness, there are things you didn't know, which make it even more amazing.

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4 Ancient Egyptian Symbols that Survived Through Millennia

More than a system of writing, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs represented a code used in all monuments in the land of the Nile. Found in inscriptions, cryptograms and decorative patterns, hieroglyphic signs became symbols for Egypt for other ancient civilizations like the Greeks and Romans. In fact, some were so popular that survived long after the fall of the Pharaohs. 

Athens Culture Hub: Athens of arts and culture

This article is the first one out of some series that introduce the cultural face of Athens to the world:

From music festivals to art gallery openings and from museum visits to unique street happenings, Athens fills the world with its cultural events and justifies its definition as eternal cultural center!

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