This month The Athenian observes the 15th anniversary of its first issue. Given the sudden, unexpected ups and downs of Greek life this time span makes it one of the matriarchs of Athenian monthlies regardless of the language it is published in.
During the last few months the French Institute has been celebrating its 15th anniversary. Promoting France’s very special intellectual values while embodying the fine flavor of its daily life, this monument to culture also has its sentimental side. Two of its directors fell in love and married brilliant Greek women.
General Metaxas’ “No!” is well remembered but Prime Minister Alexander Koryzis, who replaced the dictator, also had his day – when Prince Erbach visited him the morning of 6 April 1941, and was shown the door.
From “The Looting of Greece” to the booting (temporary) of the cabinet, it’s been an interesting month in the capital. Posters announce the people have “had enough”, but PASOK won its vote of confidence in parliament and the circus is still in town.
At seven, a German parson’s son set himself a task: to unearth Homer’s Troy. He was 51 before the deed was done, and there are still those who question whether Hissarlik’s ramparts are Priam’s capital, but one thing is certain: wherever Schliemann went, he struck gold.
Born in Norfolk, England, Ross Daly has spent the last 20 years researching the traditional music of Crete and the Middle East. Based in Hania, Daly is now performing more often for Athenian audiences with his “music workshop”, Lavyrinthos
The temples of Themis the Titaness and the dread goddess, Nemesis, stood cheek by jowl on a rocky promontory overlooking the Gulf of Euboea. Today, the site, and the beach below, are accessible to city-weary Athenians.
Agent 007-Up of the Greek secret service, looked skeptically at his superior, Alpha-Beta, a man of few words who was often mistaken for a supermarket.
Although the upcoming elections are still scheduled for June, the pre-election period may be said to have already begun.
Herod Atticus – sophist, monument builder, city father, civic booster, arrogant administrator and melancholy magnate – is know today primarily as the second century A.D. Athenian responsible for raising the Odeion at the foot of the Acropolis. Ancient authors Philostratos and Pausanias paint a more complex portrait
