Epilepsy, often referred to as the “Sacred Disease” by ancient Greek physicians in antiquity, was a condition of great medical and...
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February 9 marks the anniversary of the passing of Dionysios Solomos in 1857. Born on the island of Zakynthos in 1798, he is rightly regarded as the National Poet of Greece for writing “Imnos eis tin Eleftherían,” (“Hymn to Liberty”), the first two stanzas of which became the national anthem of Greece. His work had […]
Epilepsy, often referred to as the “Sacred Disease” by ancient Greek physicians in antiquity, was a condition of great medical and...
“We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religions, our arts have their root in Greece,” Percy Bysshe Shelley. By Demetri...
Greece has been deeply alarmed over the renewed violence that broke out in Syria, also home to a Greek Orthodox community, in which over 1,000 people...
Mastiha, often referred to as the “Tears of Chios” or the “White Gold of Greece,” is a product made exclusively on the Greek...
The Governor of Turkey’s westernmost Edirne province, Yunus Sezer, on March 4 announced that a fence would be built along the border with...
SANAA, March 01 (YPA) – Abdulqadir Al-Murtadha, head of the National Committee for Prisoners’ Affairs, has revealed new information regarding...
Few symbols in human history have captured the imagination quite like the Gorgoneion—Medusa’s petrifying face, with her hair made of writhing...
“Kathara Deftera,” Greek for Clean Monday, commences the 40-day period of the Great Lent for the Greek Orthodox Church, called “Sarakosti.”
The African Liberty Writing Fellowship program is a year-long program
Did the ancient Greeks look up at the night sky and ask “are we alone?” As it turns out, ancient Greek philosophers also asked this...