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Eudoxus of Cnidus: The Man Who Changed Geometry
Eudoxus, born in Cnidus, Asia Minor, was one of the most important scholars of ancient Greece. He was a great mathematician who helped in the development of geometry and the first scholar to ever...
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St. George: The Most Beloved Saint in the World
George is the most popular name in Greece and Saint George is one of the most beloved saints throughout the Christian world. In hagiography, Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the...
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Ancient Greeks and Their Weather Knowledge
Ancient Greeks, as well as other civilizations of that time, often attributed weather changes and natural phenomena to the gods. For example, lightning was a way for Zeus to show his anger, just as...
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Events and Marches Commemorate Armenian Genocide Centennial
A memorial service was held on Friday in Nea Smyrni, south of Athens, as well as a march to the Turkish Embassy, to commemorate the centennial of the Armenian genocide. The service was held at the...
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Lesbos: The Sex Tourism Capital of Ancient Greece
According to a new BBC documentary, the Greek island of Lesbos used to be the Magaluf of its time. A place famous for its sex tourism and women were so beautiful that men just couldn’t resist. Even...
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Greek PM Tsipras Meets with Distomo Massacre Survivor
A meeting with the man who shocked the German public opinion with his narration of what the Nazis did in the village of Distomo, Greece, in June 10, 1944, held Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday....
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‘5 Years with Myrtis’ Conference at the Acropolis Museum
The conference “5 years with Myrtis” on the five-year anniversary since the reconstruction of 11-year-old “Myrtis,” the girl that put a face to distant antiquity, will take place on May 13 at the...
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Greek May Day Customs and Traditions
May Day has its roots in ancient times. It is the first day of May and the celebration of Spring. According to tradition, May was named after the Roman goddess Maia, which is the Greek word for...
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The Greek Founder of the Turkish Red Crescent
There a few people in Greece nowadays who know that one of the founders of the Ottoman and later Turkish Red Crescent was Greek and his name was Marko Pasha (Markos Apostolidis Pitsipios). In fact, his...
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Greek Parliament President to Visit Moscow for Victory Day
Leaders from 30 countries have confirmed that they will be participating in the celebrations for the 70th anniversary since the Allied forces’ victory over Nazi Germany, scheduled to take place in...
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World War II Reparations Campaign in Athens Subway
Screens across Athens subway stations are showing a government-backed film in which Greece is demanding World War II reparations from Germany. The 50-second video clip shows footage from the Nazi...
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New Evidence for King Philip II Tomb in Vergina
Gold box containing the bones of Philip II, king of Macedonia. A new scientific bone analysis offers additional evidence that the ancient remains found inside a gold larnax in a tomb found in Vergina...
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Restored ‘Moutzouris’ Locomotive Returns to Kalavryta Railway
A slice of living history, the original DK 8001 steam locomotive, locally known in Greece as “Moutzouris,” that first ran on the tracks of the Diakofto-Kalavryta rack railway has been put back to...
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New Study Suggests Theory Of Early Humans In Naxos
The “Stélida Naxos Archaeological Project (SNAP)”, directed by Dr. Tristan Carter of McMaster University, under the auspices of the Canadian Institute in Greece, suggests that early humans could have...
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Wikileaks Doc from 1978 on Karamanlis, Papandreou and ‘Blessed Greece’
“PRIME MINISTER KARAMANLIS AND OPPOSITION LEADER PAPANDREOU, THE MEN WHO SPEAK FOR THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF GREEKS, SEEM TO AGREE ON ONE THING AT LEAST — THAT GREECE IS A NATION IN SEARCH OF AN...
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36 Years Ago Today Greece Entered the European Union [Video]
It was 36 years ago today when Greece’s Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis was putting his signature to the historic Treaty of Accession to the European Economic Community, as the European Union...
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562 Years Since the Fall of Constantinople: The End of an Empire [VIDEO]
The fall of Constantinople was the result of a three month siege by the Ottoman army, led by Sultan Mehmed II. At the time, Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was the ruler of the Byzantine capital....
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‘How Little Germans Know About Nazi Atrocities in Greece’
“In Germany, very little is known of what happened in Greece during the Nazi occupation. We must work hard to restore historical memory because there are really dark sides in our history,” German...
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From Greek Civil War to SYRIZA’s Rise to Power in 5 Minutes [Video]
Paul Mason is a British journalist on Channel 4 who recently created an impressive five-minute video, in which he scrupulously describes the rise of Greek leftist party SYRIZA to power in January...
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Distomo Commemorates on 71th Anniversary of Nazi Massacre
A series of events will commemorate the victims of the massacre committed 71 years ago by the Nazi occupation forces at Distomo, in the prefecture οf Voiotia, in central Greece. The mayors and...
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