Sloane Elliott

Sloane Elliott was an American born Yale-educated novelist, playwright, essayist. Born in 1930 in New York City and permanently moved to Greece in the 1960's. In 1979, he bought the The Athenian title and operated as Chief Editor.

From Camembert, Back to Kasseri

In the U.K. one is exhorted on billboards to buy British, to fly British. So, with the consequent flight of the wealthy to the Bahamas and the Riviera, it’s surprising that some P.R. person hasn’t thought up the slogan, to die British.

Mixed Results

Only the Delphic sibyl at her most clearly equivocal could have accurately predicted it: not only did all the major parties in last month’s municipal elections claim to have won; they also claimed that their adversaries had lost.

Gamesmanship

The new Olympic Stadium just north of Athens was formally inaugurated on September 6 by President Karamanlis on the occasion of the XIII European Athletic Championships.

Fire Alarms

With the coming of August and the rising velocities of the meltemi which accompany it, forest and grass fires broke out again this year in many parts of the country.

Optimism and Statistics

A circular sent out by the Bank of Greece to all commercial banks in June stated that serious mistakes had been discovered in the collection of data upon which essential statistics are based.

A Riot of Color In Athens

As everyone knows, traffic congestion and environmental pollution in the Athens metropolitan area have become the besetting issues in the lives of about one-third of the nation’s citizens.

A Circuit of Athens

Though joggers are sometimes seen around Athens, singly or in pairs, the spirit of mass-running does not descend on the city’s inhabitants except during those formal Marathon meets which are generally international in character. It was doubtful, therefore, when Mayor Beis announced a popular “Circuit of Athens” event for May 9, whether it would awaken any widespread community response.

The Boublis Affair

A foreigner who aspires to become a Greek citizen (without going so far as to marry one) will find a path torturously strewn with red tape, judicial decisions and indecisions, appeals and reappeals, examinations and cross-examinations.