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Greek art, the culminating achievement of the greek spirit, is the subject of the new monumental series published by Ekdotike Athenon. The artistic creation of hellenism during its three historical periods, antiquity, byzantium and modern times, is comprehensively presented in fifteen luxurious volumes, in which elegant texts are harmoniously combined with superb illustrations. Each volume, essentially a monograph on a specific art form, closely follows its evolution through a brilliant selection of representative works, which are typical of its various phases and trends, a...

[...] For us Greeks, and I believe for the whole world La Scala is the Parthenon of Opera and the Museo Teatrale alla Scala is a magnificent and prestigious museum. Their collections of paintings, ceramics, musical instruments, antiques, gramophones, photographs and an exceptional collection of costumes and theatrical accessories belonging to world famous performers like Maria Callas and other divas are tremendously impressive. [...] Our aim is with this exhibition to show the relationship between tragedy and opera. Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, used as their sources...

An itinerary in time. To the birthplace of Alexander the Great, the land that saw the self-sacrifice of Pavlos Melas. A journey across the ages in the cradle of hellenism, from the early millenia of the cavemen to the dawn of the twentieth century. A panorama of art, a mosaic of events, a kaleidoscope of scholarly views on the most important historical phenomena in Macedonia.[...]

The fatherland Lindos, glorying in the sea "Lindos is its rock; the rock defines the form of the landscape on the eastern shore of the island, just below the middle, as it juts into the sea, 116 m high, forming one large and one small harbour to left and right (north and south) of it. And above and around this rock, as the Hellenistic epigram says, Lindos «proudly delights in the open sea»" (Chr. Karouzos) (figs. 1-2). According to the writer Diogenes Laertius, the above epigram was carved on the tomb of Kleoboulos, the "tyrant" of Lindos and one of the seven sages of a...

The exhibition "Icons of the Orthodox Communities of Albania: Collection of the National Museum of Medieval Art, Korce" brings icons from our neighbour to Greece for the first time. The icons come from the central and southern, preeminently Orthodox regions of the country, and cover a chronological span of six centuries, from the 14th to the 19th, offering a panorama of the religious painting that developed in these areas. The icons of the 14th-15th century are mainly from the area of Korea, from the hermit's retreats at Great Prespa. A distinctive kind of monasticism deve...

This beautifully illustrated book offers an overview of the greatest archaeological sites and discoveries from ancient Greece. The contributors -a veritable who's who of the most venerable names in Creek archaeology- include both those who have excavated at the sites in question and scholars who have spent a lifetime studying the monuments about which they write. Presented here are the legendary sites of ancient Greece, including the Athenian Acropolis, Olympia, Delphi, Schliemann's Mycenae, and the Athenian Agora; the most iconic sculptures in the Greek world, such as t...

In Ancient Greece, athletic events were held not solely for the sake of the contest itself but, rather, within the context of religious festivals in or near sanctuaries in honour of the gods. The athletes competed first for the gods and then for their native city and themselves. It was believed that the victors in the games did not distinguish themselves through their superior ability alone, but because they enjoyed divine favour. [...] "Games and sanctuaries in Ancient Greece" celebrates the athletes, the games, the sanctuaries, the cities and, above all, the inspiring s...

[...] The Eridanos, a small Athenian stream, has had the good fortune, and now the ill fortune, to lie at the heart of the development of the city. Rising on Lykabettos hill, it flows both underground and above ground, crossing the historical center of the city -the "asty" of the 5th c. BC- and passing the political centers of modern and ancient Athens -the Greek Parliament and the Ancient Agora- before joining another lost river, the Ilisos. The Eridanos is an irreplaceable feature of the Attic landscape, interwoven with changes in the urban design of the city, and rich...