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[...] Believing that Europe, reunited after bitter experiences, intends to continue along the path of civilisation, progress and prosperity, for the good of all its inhabitants, including the weakest and most deprived; that it wishes to remain a continent open to culture, learning and social progress; and that it wishes to deepen the democratic and transparent nature of its public life, and to strive for peace, justice and solidarity throughout the world. Convinced that, while remaining proud of their own national identities and history, the peoples of Europe are determine...

The Goddess Athena, daughter of Zeus and Metis was the Goddess of wisdom, culture and the arts. She was also closely linked to the city which was named after her. The Goddess took care of the city and its inhabitants granting them wealth and protecting them from enemies. It is for this reason that the Athenans dedicated to her their most important site, the Acropolis, where she was worshipped in several different forms and in various capacities.

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I need space, I need light, I need friends, I need love, and I need adventure! Cried the little goldfish which was all alone in the fishball. Then something magical happened and its life changed forever!

Achilles Tzartzanos was born in Tyrnavus in 1873 and died in Athens in 1946. He studied Classics in the Athens' University. His book" Γραµµατική της αρχαίας ελληνικής γλώσσης" (first Greek edition 1931), at most a grammar of the Attic dialect, is a classic of its kind; a concise essential handbook for both the student and the scholar that need a good knowledge of the ancient Greek language to read and study the Classics from the 6th century BC to the Hellenistic era, as well as The Bible and all the written in Greek religious texts. This book put his seal on the Greek educa...

Το λεύκωμα "A Greek Portfolio", που δημοσιεύτηκε για πρώτη φορά το 1972, είναι μια συλλογή φωτογραφιών που τραβήχτηκαν σε απομονωμένες περιοχές της ελληνικής υπαίθρου στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του '60. Το βιβλίο βραβεύτηκε στην Έκθεση Βιβλίου της Λειψίας και στην Αρλ και έχει γίνει περιζήτητο κλασικό κομμάτι. Οι φωτογραφίες που περιλαμβάνει έχουν εκτεθεί στο Ινστιτούτο Τέχνης του Σικάγου και στην Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη του Παρισιού, ενώ ορισμένες από αυτές περιλαμβάνονται στη συλλογή του Μουσείου Μοντέρνας Τέχνης της Νέας Υόρκης. [...] Για τη νέα αυτή έκδοση του "A Greek Port...

During this century the Greek world has produced a wealth of poetry that is as astonishing in its scope as it is in its vigour; and this anthology brings together a selection from the works of the five poets who may be said to take pride οf place in substantiating this achievement. Two of them (George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis) are Nobel Laureates, Cavafy is certainly one of the most ubiquitous poets of our times, the oracular grandeur of Angelos Sikelianos companions him with W. Β. Yeats, while Nikos Gatsos, less known outside Greece, is a fine lyrical poet and song writ...

Preface The visitor who arrives at Eleusis, either passing through or for remaining a few hours, is amazed and has a strange look when facing the remaining ruins of the ancient religious glory of Eleusis and is, so to speak, unable to conceive the ancient splendour by relying on the present day ruins lying before him. [...]

When I was writing the first short guide to the Benaki Museum, in 1980, I had to make an almost superhuman effort to articulate a vast material into discrete chapters with a comprehensive and coherent line of reasoning. At that time the arrangement of the objects in the Museum was based on the principle of exhibition units by kind, which was, of course, completely contrary to my own views and vision. Today, after the enlargement of the Museum's premises and the radical remodeling of the original building, but above all the reorientation of the Museum's aims and the fundamen...

The writing of this book was coordinated by a distinguished research-scientist, introducing the tremendous therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells in regenerative medicine. Due to the technological advances, MSC's are the focus of exhaustive efforts on a global scale to battle against a diverse range of diseases. It is designed to provide insight into the many facets of stem cell treatment with accurate research results, data analysis, including an immense variety of information which serves as a training manual for students and professionals on the entire field of...

Elder Porphyrios of Kavsokalyvia (1906-1991), who was formally glorified as a saint by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in November 2013, has long been acknowledged and recognized as a luminary and spiritual guide with the special grace of 'clear sight'. His life was particularly remarkable in that he lived it in both ascetic fastnesses and urban contexts. He left the world for Mount Athos at a young age and joined the Skete of Kavsokalyvia where, for seven years, under the guidance of the Elders Panteleimon and Ioannikios he lived a hesychastic life. It was t...