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Ιoannis Makriyannis constitutes a "great teacher of our language" according to the poet George Seferis, and has since remained a powerful national myth. His "Memoirs" charmed the aesthetics and the political concerns of a whole generation. Apart from this, we owe him a series of 24 paintings that "narrate" episodes from the Greek War of Independence of 1821. Τhose aquarelles, which were painted by Panayiotis and Dimitrios Zografou from Sparta, belonged to king Otto, were bought by Joannes Gennadius in Rome (1909) and describe vividly several episodes from the "Memoirs"....

The textbook Greek art and archaeology, written by Greek specialist Dimitris Plantzos and published by Kapon Editions in 2011, was selected by Atlanta-based American publishers Lockwood Press as their first venture into the field of classical archaeology. Translated by British archaeologist Nicola Wardle, the book, which has just appeared, was thoroughly revised and expanded by its author. The English-language edition is distributed in Greece and the rest of Europe by Kapon Editions, who also redesigned the Greek-language edition. In the five years since its first edition,...

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...

"... ήθελα πολύ να γνωρίσω τον Γιώργο κι όταν έτυχε να δω δουλειά του σε σπίτια φίλων, διαφορετικού στιλ, με μια αύρα θετική και ένα γούστο τόσο εκλεπτυσμένο, εκτίμησα τον σεβασμό που έδειχνε στους ιδιοκτήτες, στη δημιουργία του χώρου τους, το ότι επενέβαινε μόνο στον βαθμό που ήταν αναγκαίο για να τους βοηθήσει στην πραγματοποίηση του ονείρου τους, συμβουλεύοντας και όχι επιβάλλοντας. Όποιον ρωτούσα για εκείνον μου έλεγε απίθανες ιστορίες για το ανεξάντλητο χιούμορ του, για το πόσο εύκολα γινόταν αγαπητός γι’ αυτό και το πως, αν σε ξεχώριζε, μπορούσες να γίνεις φίλος του γ...

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 Olympic ideal found resonance, not just in its cradle, the sacred land of Olympia where it was born and nurtured, but also in three other Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries, as well as in major local festivals, from the brilliant Panathenaia to the athletic contests in cities and sanctuaries in distant regions of the Eastern and Western world. With the book "Games and Sanctuaries in Ancient Greece" by Panos Valavanis, which we first published in 2004, when Greece sought and successfully held the Olympic Games in Athens, we sought to present a richly illustrated work of scholar...

Κείμενα εντόνως αυτοαναφορικά είναι οι επιστολές από την Ελλάδα του κλασικού φιλολόγου, ιστορικού και αρχαιολόγου Ernst Curtius, κείμενα αυθόρμητα, νεανικά, που έγραψε μεταξύ 23 και 26 ετών, κατά την τετράχρονη παραμονή του στην Ελλάδα (1837-1840). Μια φωνή από το παρελθόν και όμως ο απόηχός της, τόσο κοντινός, μας αγγίζει. Ο λόγος του δεν υπηρετεί σκοπιμότητες, δεν διατυμπανίζει δογματικές απόψεις, δεν συντάσσεται με ιδεολογίες. Μεταφέρει, αντιθέτως, αυθεντικά βιώματα και κυρίως αντικατοπτρίζει το άθλημα του ατόμου που τολμά να ζήσει και να δράσει έξω από τον κύκλο της...

Dieser kurzgefasste Fuhrer bietet eine Einfuhrung in die Sammlungen des Archaologischen Nationalmuseums, die in ihrer Reichhaltigkeit und Vielfalt die Kunst und Kultur der antiken Welt zu lebendiger Anschauung bringen. In den von den Mitarbeitern des Museums verfasstenTexten wird jeweils der allgemeine kulturelle und entwicklungsgeschichtliche Zusammenhang erlautert, in dem die Exponate stehen. Parallel dazu werden in zahlreichen Abbildungen reprasentative Werke der jeweiligen Sammlung vorgestellt, die den kunstlerischen Wert und die Qualitat der Exponate des grossten g...

The present edition offers a concise presentation of the archaeological site of Messene by its excavator and head of the restoration program, incorporating the latest results of archaeological research. Guided by informative texts, pictures and drawings, the visitor to the site can take in the history of the city, walk around its monumental fortifications and explore the Theatre, the Agora and its sanctuaries, the impressive Stadium with its Palaestra, as well as investigate the area of the funerary monuments. Through the history of the research in the ancient town and the...

This is the first time that 237 representative object pf the Cypriote collection in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens have been presented both to the scholarly world and to the general public. Very few people were previously aware of the existence of the collection, so this is an event of more than just scientific value in making the collection known to a wide audience. [...] Evangelos Venizelos Former Minister of Culture