At the End of a Tradition
Panayiotis Patouras, the only potter left on Rhodes and, he insists, the last in Greece who works in the classical way, is bringing to a close a ceramic craft dating back to the neolithic period.
On the Uncertainty of Travel Advisories
Quite frequently government agencies publish travel advisories. They concern themselves mainly with the safety and health of their nationals.
Watching CI-NI-NI: The View from the Bridge
In 1989 Constantine Karamanlis caused some nervous knuckle-cracking around here when he said that Greece reminded him of an enormous madhouse. He was a private citizen then, and people were willing to believe that the National Savior be allowed his fit of pique from the vantage of well-earned retirement.
A Very Special Geopolitical Position
0n 27 September 1990, our European correspondent, Robert Bartholomew, met with Alternate Defense Minister Mr Alexandros Papadongonas.
Soumela Vestige of Hellenism
Abandoned and decaying, high in the Pontic Alps of Turkey, the monastery of the Virgin of the Black Rock remains a monument to a once vivid Hellenic dream.
Taking Refuge in Athens
A charming but I backward Balkan capital was transformed in the 1920s into a modern, forward-looking metropolis by the enterprise and talents of those who fled from Asia Minor Catastrophe
Corcyra Illuminata: Isle of Enlightenment
The most aristocratic Greek island has a flourishing literary club which proudly claims to be built on a liberal tradition. Ear from the maddening crowds of Athens, it is an oasis today where Greek intellectuals not only talk, but read
Born-Again Hellenes
Evangelicalism in Greece is served by two parallel but independent organizations, differing in origin and structure
Growing Pains at the Benaki
The Museum’s deputy director, Amalia Yeroulanou, talks about the rearrangements and extension which will make it the only institution in Athens which displays the whole sweep of Hellenism under one expanded roof. Unfortunately, the neighbors are complaining.
The Foreign Archaeological Community in Athens
“We lay our city open to all and never keep the stranger from learning” Pericles said, and it is still true. Fourteen countries have archaeological institutes in Athens and in December they reveal the fruits of their summer’s excavations at public lectures and seminars.