At last Greece has come out of the closet: it has officially admitted to having fought a civil war. But, in doing so, it claims that recently it’s gone straight, and the wounds inflicted on Greek by Greek have been bound up and are healing.
Pythagoras believed it ‘interference with the divine rhythm’ and, up until the 1960s, even an ‘attempt’ was considered a crime in Europe. From classical times, suicide has been a thorny moral and philosophical dilemma.
One of the most intriguing archaeological researches in progress today concerns the nature and purpose of some mysterious buildings that are found in Southern Euboea.
The death by drowning of Kevin Andrews on 1 September at the age of 65, off the island of Kythira, is a great loss to English letters and to the Greek world.
From Byzantine times to the present, the printed scarf has wound together a rich fabric of legend, custom and dance.
Two important exhibitions are currently being held in Athens. One is a comprehensive collection of Greek art devoted to ancient athletic contests. The second focuses on the revival of the Olympic ideal in 19th century Greece, culminating in the Olympic Games of 1896.
The other day, at my club, I saw a very depressed-looking gentleman sitting in a deep armchair with his gaze fixed intently on empty space.
As is generally known, Greece has made a formal bid to host the Olympic Games in 1996. The formal petition took place under the former socialist government and it seems to have been the only act of ΡASOK which New Democracy approved of for it has enthusiastically reaffirmed the petition.
A 17th century Cretan girl, seized by Turkish slavers, was dispatched to Constantinople and became the mother of two sultans.
Started, it is thought, by spilled cooking oil, the Salonica Fire of 1917 destroyed more than 9500 buildings, with damages estimated at£ 80,000,000. The British Salonica Force took on the tasks of fighting the flames and evacuating and sheltering some 77,000 refugees- a testament to Anglo-Hellenic friendship.
